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ply ing.’
‘And, above all,’ said Enjolras, ‘let us raise the flag
aga in.’
He picked up the flag, which had fallen precisely at his
feet.
Outside, the clatter of the ramrods in the guns could be
heard; the troops were re-loading their arms.
Enjolras went on:—
‘Who is there here with a bold heart? Who will plant the
flag on the barricade again?’
Not a man responded. To mount on the barricade at the
very moment when, without any doubt, it was again the ob-
ject of their aim, was simply death. The bravest hesitated to
pronounce his own condemnation. Enjolras himself felt a
thrill. He repeated:—
‘Does no one volunteer?’