roderick happily riding along a wooded country road, rounds a blind bend and sees suddenly before him, about two hundred yards away, a company of prussian infantry resting along the sides of the road, together with a dozen mounted dragoons.
the coach drives by. suddenly -- "boom," the alarm cannon begins to roar.
the coach drives by and action as described.
roderick and chevalier traveling in their coach.
three carriages, each with four horses, proceed along the picturesque track.
as the carriages drive past, there is a band, floral arches, flags, church bells ringing. the parson and the farmers assemble in their best by the roadside, and the school-children and the laboring people are loud in their "hurrahs" for her ladyship.
the horse kicks off one of the horse-boys who tries to ride him.
roderick riding the horse. the horse-boy lies in the back of a wagon.