midnight
His glance pierced every man 's heart . ` Soldiers of the Fifth , ' he said , ` when I heard of the attack on the bridge at Ratisbon I said to my staff , `` I am tranquil , the Terrible Fifth is there , '' and now I see you alive , many of you unharmed , and without your Eagle . What have you done with it ? ' he thundered out his face black as midnight . ` Sire , ' said I , stepping forward and upon my word , comrades , it took more courage to face the Emperor in that mood than to charge an Austrian battery , ` we have not lost our Eagle . We have buried it and having been but this instant released from captivity by your Majesty , we await your permission to dig it up . ' ` Go and resurrect it , ' he said sharply .