Chapter XXXI

Of love, of the predilection of the French for military metaphors. Here every metaphor wears a moustache.

Militant literature.--To man the breach.--To bear the standard aloft.--To maintain the standard high and firm.--To hurl oneself into the thick of the fight.--One of the veterans. All these fine phrases apply generally to the college scouts and to the do-nothings of the coffee-house.