missioner, Alava, the Spanish commissioner, who were present at the battle in the English staff, thought the Duke lost.
At five o''clock Wellington drew out his watch, and he was heard to murmur these sinister words, "Blucher, or night!"
It was at about that moment that a distant line of bayonets gleamed on the heights in the direction of Frischemont.
Here comes the change of face in this giant drama.
BOOK FIRST.-WATERLOO
CHAPTER XI
A BAD GUIDE TO NAPOLEON; A GOOD GUIDE TO BULOW
The painful surprise of Napoleon is well known.
Grouchy hoped for, Blucher arriving.
Death instead of life.
Fate has these turns; the throne of the world was expected; it was Saint Helena that was seen.
If the little shepherd who served as guide to Bulow, Blucher''s lieutenant, had advised him to debouch from the forest above Frischemont, instead of below Plancenoit, the form of the nineteenth century might, perhaps, have been different.
Napoleon would have won the battle of Waterloo.
By any other route than that below Plancenoit, the Prussian army would have come out upon a ravine impassable for artillery, and Bulow would not have arrived.
Now the Prussian general, Muffling, declares that one hour''s delay, and Blucher would not have found Wellington on his feet.
"The battle was lost."
It was time that Bulow should arrive, as will be seen.