The Charlemagne of today had not yet fallen to such depths, but the populace who had once cheered for war had now tasted the poverty and terror that followed in war's footsteps.
Harrowing air raid sirens pierced the sky above Lutèce, and pedestrians hurriedly dashed toward the nearest air raid shelters. In an instant, the areas around the still-under-construction large public air defense facilities and the hastily built civilian shelters were teeming with people.
