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Savrola had scarcely time to smoke a cigarette before the Revolutionary leaders began to arrive. Moret was the first; he rang the bell violently, stamping about on the doorstep till it was answered, ran upstairs three steps at a time, and burst impetuously into the room, aquiver with excitement. "Ah," he cried, "the hour has come -- not words but deeds now! We draw the sword in a good cause; for my part I shall fling away the scabbard; Fortune is on our side."
"Yes," said Savrola; "have some whisky and soda-water -- on the sideboard there. It is a good drink to draw the sword on -- the best in fact."