ands folded on his breast,
his golden locks curled about his forehead, which was white like wax;
the cheeks so sunken that the beautiful, delicate little nose projected
quite far--and in his face--the expression--"

The old colonel was silent, the breath came choking from his bosom.

"I have grown to be an old man," he went on falteringly--"I have seen
men lying on the field of battle--men on whose faces stood written
distress and despair--such heart sorrow as I saw in the face of this
child I have never seen before or since--never--never--"

A deep stillness took possession of the wine-room where we were sitting.
As the old colonel became silent and spoke no word more, the waiter rose
softly from his corner and lit the gas-jet that hung over our heads; it
had grown quite dark.

I took up the wine bottle once more, but it was now almost empty--just
one tear still crept slowly out--one last drop of the good blood.

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