"Yes,"  said  Napoleon,  divining  at  once
his  astonishment,  "it  is  even  so.  Your
master  wished  to  remind  me  of  my  old
trade,  and  I  hope  that  the  imperial  pur-
ple has  not  made  me  forget  its  les-
sons. "

By  daybreak  the  next  morning  our  bri-
gade was  in  the  saddle,  and  in  motion  to-
ward the  qu artier-general — a  gently  rising
ground,  surmounted  by  a  farm-house,
where  the  Emperor  had  fixed  his  quarters.
As  we  mounted  the  hill  we  came  in  sight
of  the  whole  army  drawn  up  in  battle
array.  They  stood  in  columns  of  divisions,
with  artillery  and  cavalry  between  them,
the  bands  of  the  various  regiments  in
front.
The  day  was  a  brilliant  one,  and  height-
ened the  effect  of  the  scene.  Beyond  us
lay  Ulm — silent  as  if  untenanted.  Not  a
sentinel  appeared  on  the  walls  ;  the  very
flag  had  disapjjeared  from  the  battlements.
