. October 30, 1915. 
LAND .AND . W A T E E 
wearied, we would read him a letter from his son — an 
imaginary one, of course, sincp letters came no more to 
Paris, and since, after Sedan,- the aide-de-caiinf) of 
MacMahon had been lodged in a German fortress. You 
can imagine the despair of the poor child — with no news 
of her father, knowing him a prisoner and destitute, 
possibl}' ill, and yet obliged to speak in these letters — ■ 
joyful, though short, such as a soldier would write on 
active service — as if he were always marching forward 
through a conquered country I Sometimes her strength 
failed her, and there was no news those weeks. But then 
the old man would be troubled and sleepless. 
" So, quickly, another letter would arrive from 
Germany, and she would come gaily to read it at his 
bedside, fighting back her tears. The Colonel would 
listen eagerly, smile knowingly, approve, criticise and 
explain to us the slightly confusing passages. But 
where he was finest was in the answers he would send to 
his son. 
" ' Never forget you are a Frenchman,' he would 
say to him. ' Be generous to these poor folk. Do not 
let invasion weigh too heavy upon them.' And there 
was endless advice, delightful little maxims and pre- 
cepts, respecting propriety and politeness due to 
women, a regular code of honour dealing with the 
demeanour of victors, with which were mingled political 
considerations and the conditions of peace to be im- 
posed upon the vanquished. In this respect, I must say, 
he was by no means exacting. 
" ' A war indemnity and no more. Of what use to 
take their territory? Can we transform Germany into 
France? ' He dictated this firmly and clearly, and one 
felt there was so much sincerity, so fine a patriotic faith 
in his words, that it was impossible not to be touciied 
while listening. 
" All the time the siege was progressing, but alas 1 
not the siege of Berlin. We were suffering at this time 
from bitter cold, sickness, and famine. But, thanks to 
our precautions and to the unwearied tenderness which 
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easiness. Till the very end of the siege I was able to get 
white bread and fresh pieat for him. Only for him, of 
cour.se, and you cannot imagine anything more touching 
than these meals so innocently selfish. There was the old 
man in his bed, cheerful and smiling, his napkin under 
his chin and near him his granddaughter— a little pale 
and pinched with trouble and privations, guiding his 
hand, giving him to drink, helping him to eat the for- 
bidden delicacies. And then, cheered and strengthened 
by his meal, in the comfort of his warm room, the old 
cavalryman would fight again his campaign in the 
North, while the cold North wind howled without, and 
the snow whirled against the windowpane, and would 
tell us for the hundredth time of that fatal retreat from 
Russia, when there was nought to eat, save frozen 
biscuit and horseflesh. 
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