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Fortunately , the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws , and yawning , and flourishing their tails , than devouring me alive ; but they would suffer no resurrection , and I was forced to lie till their malignant masters pleased to deliver me : then , hatless and trembling with wrath , I ordered the miscreants to let me out - - on their peril to keep me one minute longer - - with several incoherent threats of retaliation that , in their indefinite depth of virulency , smacked of King Lear . No reinforcement was to be hoped for , so I ordered a soldier to climb the rampart and plant the sun flag overhead , but alas ! I ordered that the reply be made that I refused to define my views since I wished first to discuss the matter with the Fuehrer . In accordance with the above-mentioned oral delegation of authority , I ordered Major Salah Eid to undertake the necessary investigative procedures in his capacity as the commander of the second Beirut regional secretariat , within the remit of which the explosion took place , and to keep me informed . Mary and I ordered croque monsiuers , and Chandra had a croque madame .