police and plain clothes detectives sprang into evidence on all
sides; whatever happened there must be no disloyal demonstration. The
whistlers and mockers were pointedly invited to keep silence, and one or
two addresses were taken. Under the trees, well at the back of the
crowd, a young man stood watching the long stretch of road along which
the Scouts should come. Something had drawn him there, against his will,
to witness the Imperial Triumph, to watch the writing of yet another
chapter in the history of his country's submission to an accepted fact.
And now a dull flush crept into his grey face; a look that was partly new-
born hope and resurrected pride, partly remorse and shame, burned in his
eyes. Shame, the choking, searing shame of self-reproach that cannot be
reasoned away, was dominant in his heart. He had laid down his
arms--there were others who had never hoisted the flag of surrender. He
had given up the fight and joined the ranks of the hopelessly
subservient; in thousands of English homes throughout the land there were
young hearts that had not forgotten, had not compounded, would not yield.

The younger generation had barred the door.

And in the pleasant May sunshine the Eagle standard floated and flapped,
the black and yellow pennons shifted restlessly, Emperor and Princes,
Generals and guards, sat stiffly in their saddles, and waited.

And waited. . . .

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