He dusted the earth from his knees and elbows, approached the window, and said in a calm but resolute voice: "Mister Colonel, I sincerely regret having brought you back to life, but possibly the folly of which I have been guilty is not irreparable.

I hope soon to have an opportunity to find out if it be! As for you, Mademoiselle, I love you!" The Colonel shrugged his shoulders and put himself at the young girl's feet on the very cushion which still bore the impression left by Leon.
Mlle.

Virginie Sambucco, attracted by the noise, came down stairs like an avalanche and heard the following conversation.
"Idol of a great soul! Fougas returns to thee like the eagle to his eyrie.

I have long traversed the world in pursuit of rank, fortune and family which I was burning to lay at thy feet.

Fortune has obeyed me as a slave: she knows in what school I learned the art of controlling her.
I have gone through Paris and Germany like a victorious meteor led by its star.