Ninety-three By Victor Hugo, Aline Delano

Ninety-three By Victor Hugo, Aline Delano: "Then began a terrible struggle a titanic spectacle a combat between cannon and cannoneer a contest between mind and matter a duel between man and the inanimate The man stood in one corner in an attitude of expectancy leaning on the rider and holding in his hands the bar and the rope calm livid and tragic he stood firmly on his legs that were like two pillars of steel He was waiting for the cannon to approach him The gunner knew his piece and he felt as though it must know him They had lived together a long time How often had he put his hand in its mouth It was his domestic monster He beiran to talk to"