On the roadside several battalions had halted, with their accompaniment of vehicles and draw horses.

They were resting before renewing their march.

He knew this army.

He had seen it in Berlin on parade, and yet it seemed to have changed its former appearance.

There now remained very little of the heavy and imposing glitter, of the mute and vainglorious haughtiness which had made his relatives-in-law weep with admiration.