the afternoon about four o'clock
That was well enough for the review , but a more serious thing was the distribution of the crosses and the fleur-de-lis . When I tell you that all the mayors and their assistants , the councillors from the Baraques-d'en-Haut and the Baraques-du-bois-de-Chênes , from Holderloch and Hirschland , received the fleur-de-lis because they headed their village deputations with a white flag , and that Pinacle received the cross of honor , for having arrived first with the band of the Bohemian , Waldteufel , who played `` Vive Henri IV. , '' and had five or six white flags larger than the others ; when I tell you that , you will understand what reasonable people thought . It was a real scandal ! In the afternoon about four o'clock , the prince left for Strasbourg , accompanied by all the royalists in the country on horseback , some on good mounts , and others , like Pinacle , on old hacks . One event the Pfalzbourgers of that day remember until this , and that is , that after the prince was seated in his carriage and was driving slowly away , one of the émigré officers with his head uncovered and in uniform , ran after him , crying in a pitiful voice , `` Bread , my prince , bread for my children ! '' That made the people blush , and they ran away for shame . We went home in silence , Father Goulden was lost in thought , when Aunt Grédel arrived .