But they saw, seated amid the ruins, a man in rags. He was an old man. He stared at them foolishly, with a madman's eyes. Beside him a child was holding forth its arms, poor little arms from which the hands were gone. . . . THE END Transcriber's Note: The following typographical errors present in the original edition have been corrected. In the Table of Contents, "Elisabeth's Diary" was changed to "Élisabeth's Diary". In Chapter I, "was standin on the pavement" was changed to "was standing on the pavement". In Chapter II, "The estate surrounded by farms and fields" was changed to "The estate, surrounded by farms and fields", and "Élisazeth suddenly gripped her husband's arm" was changed to "Élisabeth suddenly gripped her husband's arm". In Chapter III, a quotation marks were added after "Confess it, you've made a mistake" and "the wretched, monstrous woman", and "a regular, montononous, uninterrupted ringing" was changed to "a regular, monotonous, uninterrupted ringing". In Chapter IV, "_That's a queer fellow_, said he colonel" was changed to "_That's a queer fellow_, said the colonel", and "care of M. D'Andeville" was changed to "care of M. d'Andeville". In Chapter V, "but got no farther" was changed to "but go no farther". In Chapter VI, "echoed Paul, is alarm" was changed to "echoed Paul, in alarm", "ought to be cheerful. . ." was changed to "ought to be cheerful. . . .", and "rather a serious of explosions" was changed to "rather a series of explosions". In Chapter VII, a missing period was added after "at a man's height". In Chapter XIII, a single quote (') was changed to a double quote (") after "You're sure of holding out, aren't you?", "essential imporance" was changed to "essential importance", and a quotation mark was added after "Is it really you? . . ." In Chapter XVI, "He'll go with you like a limb" was changed to "He'll go with you like a lamb". In Chapter XVII, a single quote (') was changed to a double quote (") after "A damnable lie!" In Chapter XVIII, "his recest victory over the Emperor" was changed to "his recent victory over the Emperor", and "I shall take a rest till them" was changed to "I shall take a rest till then". In Chapter XIX, "I have found one of your occomplices" was changed to "I have found one of your accomplices", a quotation mark was added after "went down to the south to die", and "telling him of your inplacable determination" was changed to "telling him of your implacable determination".