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He 'll stay here at home with Crailey , of course , and throw more , while the others boys march out to die under it . '' `` On the contrary , '' answered Tom , raising his voice , `` I think you 'll find Crailey Gray the first to enlist , and as for myself , I 've raised sixty men in the country , and I want forty more from Rouen , in order to offer the Governor a full company . So it 's come to ` the King , not the man ' ; Polk is a pitiful trickster , but the country needs her sons ; that 's enough for us to know ; and while I wo n't drink to James Polk `` -- he plunged a cup in the bowl and drew it out brimming -- `` I 'll empty this to the President ! '' It was then that from fifty throats the long , wild shout went up that stirred Rouen , and woke the people from their midnight beds for half a mile around . CHAPTER XIV . The Firm of Gray and Vanrevel For the first time it was Crailey who sat waiting for Tom to come home . In a chair drawn to his partner 's desk in the dusty office , he half-reclined , arms on the desk , his chin on his clenched fists .