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and left the disappointed assembly to disperse to their 
respective dormitories. 
The next morning, the whole encampment was 
stirring at an early hour with preparations for departure ; 
for unsatisfactory as it had been, the French considered 
themselves absolved by the partial performance they 
had witnessed, from any longer “making antechamber,” 
as they said, to so capricious a functionary. Being 
very anxious to have one more trial at photographing 
Strokr, I ventured to suggest that the necessary bolus 
of sods should be administered to him. In a few 
minutes two or three cart-loads of turf were seething 
and wallowing within him. In the mean time, Fitz 
seized the opportunity of the Prince being at break¬ 
fast, to do a picture of him seated on a chair, with 
his staff standing around him, and looking the image 
of Napoleon before the battle of Austerlitz. A good 
twenty minutes had now elapsed since the emetic had 
been given,—no symptoms of any result had as yet 
appeared,—and the French began to get impatient; 
inuendoes were hazarded to the disadvantage of Strokes 
reputation for consistency,—inuendoes which I con¬ 
fess touched me nearly, and made me feel like a 
