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Then with a shout of "Down with the Soplicas!" the gentry rushed

on in a body, surrounded the estate and took it by storm, so much

the more easily since the leader had been captured and the

garrison had run away; but the conquerors wanted to fight and

looked for an enemy. Not being admitted to the mansion, they ran

to the farmhouse, to the kitchen-when they entered the kitchen,

the sight of the pots, the hardly extinct fire, the fresh smell

of cooked food, the crunching of the dogs, which were gnawing the

remains of the supper, appealed to the hearts of all, and changed

the current of their thoughts; it cooled their wrath, but

inflamed their desire for food. Wearied by the march and by an

entire day of debate, they thrice shouted with one voice, "Eat,

eat!" to which there came a reply of "Drink, drink!" from among

the throng of gentry.