Note 618 — BOOK III[594]
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
An allusion to the abominable reply said to have been made to M. le Duc d'Enghien.—Author's Note.
The Duke is reported to have cried, "Shoot straight, my friends," to the soldiers about to fire their volley.
"You have no friends here," replied the officer in command!—T.