Chapter
21
SEVEN MEN WERE GATHERED IN THE BACK ROOM OF THE LITTLE inn with which we are familiar. There were two former officers of The Guards Regiment, who had just been transferred to a frontier regiment; there were two officers of the Seventh Regiment of Infantry, and two from the Tenth Cavalry Regiment; the seventh man was Andresy.
"The people are ripe for revolt," said Andresy. "Increased taxation has fallen heavily on all classes. If the money were to be spent for the public good, they might forgive it; but it is to be spent for a new palace, a private train, a yacht, and the extravagant private life of the King and his-associates." A lieutenant of the 10th Cavalry flushed and looked straight ahead. "The situation is intolerable, and the people are furious."
"The restlessness had
