Page 973 of 1181 CHAPTER IX. EMPLOYMENT OF THE OLD TALENTS OF A POACHER AND - Les Misérables

That done, they awaited the next discharge of grape-shot.

It was not long in coming.

The cannon vomited forth its package of buck-shot with a roar. But there was no rebound. The effect which they had foreseen had been attained. The barricade was saved.

"Citizen," said Enjolras to Jean Valjean, "the Republic thanks you."

Bossuet admired and laughed. He exclaimed:

"It is immoral that a mattress should have so much power. Triumph of that which yields over that which strikes with lightning. But never mind, glory to the mattress which annuls a cannon!"

		An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience. Donald R. Perry Marquis