The Bavarians had pretty well consumed the edibles of Innsbruck, but the damage was being repaired as fast as was possible by supplies from the country. Every house had its table spread with such things as came to hand, for the refreshment of all comers. At the inns and public rooms, dances were got up; and those who had fought overnight might now be seen cutting tremendous capers and taking wondrous leaps, with some fair partner of equal agility. But, flirting? none; the Tyrolese eminently cultivate decorum, and know how to be merry and wise. If you choose your partner, it is for the entire evening; and often proves to be your partner for life. Late in the evening Baron Hormayr arrived at the Taxis Palace. His throat was very sore, and he was very hoarse, and not a little vexed at having had no share in the glory of the day. Flinging himself on a sofa, he desired Hofer might be instantly sought, found, and sent to him. In due course, the Sandwirth presented himself. "So here you are, Hofer!" cried the Baron, feverishly shaking up the cushion under his head. "Here we are, baron--in Innsbruck--" "Aye, aye, I suppose you are all mightily pleased. If I had not had the worst cold I ever had in my life, I should have been up with you--(Just ring for a tisane--) Regularly knocked up at Imst, my good fellow--could only dictate my orders in a whisper; and fretted to death at not being able to lead the attack at Scharnitz. Well, and so--O, you've got on Chastelar's sword and pistols, I see." "The sword and pistols the general gave me, baron." "Aha! Made a good show! hey?" "Helped to do good service, I hope." "No doubt, no doubt. The people adore you, Hofer! And yet you haven't been much of a fighting man--what makes them like you so?--hey?" "I do not justly know, baron, save that they know I love them. Love kindles love, you know." "Aye, aye--well, but how went the day? Eisenstecken and you, I suppose, helped Colonel Ertel in winning the day?" "Well, baron, Eisenstecken is a good lad, but I should have said Father Joachim, Speckbacher, and I won the day, helped by Colonel Ertel. But, since it is won, it's no matter." "Just so, you all did your best, my good friend--" "We were quite at a stand-still at one time, for powder and bullets." "Hofer! what a shocking want of ammunition there has been throughout this campaign! General Buol has been in a wretched state, without either ammunition or money. There he has remained, on the Brenner with twenty-three hundred men, and actually not a cartridge!--" "Our men were making cartridges all day long, for three days before the battle. You know, baron, the Tyrol has few resources in itself; we have few powder-mills, and the frontiers are now so watched that it is exceeding difficult to get any into the country, even when we have any money to pay for it, which generally we have not."