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t intheopehatexceptheresanythingtodofor yourhonorsiayoaster,andplaseself.hereinthe toanhussar;andarsjusthsaluting toallthefelloeetinthe street. ”thentheresnoceofanyfighting,aslongasup iheuseofbeingdeckedupin uniforexcepttofightisthereanyceofjusttheleast scriageiheboys”he asked,persuasively. theboyslaughed. ”notch,tibuty,and sothingytuup,atanynt.butsurelyyouvehadenough, isixweeks” ”prettyisterpercyprettyyousee,thelast affairdidntunt.” ”oh,didntitunt”ralphsaid,lookingathisar”ithinkit untedfortsure youostdesperatelover offighting,ti” ”iisterralph;andit saythatilikedit,entirely.itisntsoghtypleasantsitting likeastiffstatuebehindthegeneral,htheshellsfalling
aboutyoulikepeas,andnotallohedivarshinofasi baretu. ”shootaletsshootback, iu.” theboyslaughed,andthedaypassedpleasantlyastheyrode,and talked.theduskhadalreadyfallenheyreachedapartyof franctireurs.ittheiroheoffi ndtellexactly. ”teredoveransiderableextentofuntry,”hesaid; ”andthelonel,alone,uldtellyouhoed.i expectthatheonight;andyourbestplano stayhere,tillhees.uchtoofferyou,butsuch asitis,itisatyourservice.” afterantsnsultation,theboysagreedtoaepttheoffer; astheyhadpalpablyreeetinglohere, thaninajoueythroughthenight;andinaen heirhorsesiedtotrees,aingbya blazingfire,htheofficersoffranctireurs.thevillage nsistedofonlythreeorfourhousesand,asthereen iyupoheybivouackeduhe trees,hardby. ”hoans”ralphasked,whendinnerwasover; andtheylaybythefire,skingcigars. ”tenlesorso,”theoffisarelessly. ”noceoftheiringthisway,ihope,”ralphlaughed.”we nearsavee,once.” ”soiheard,”theofficersaid,”butiaatherskepticalasto thesenightsurprises.innineind,idontan forantthatitinninecasesoutof ten,theserursofnightattacksareallonshine.” ”perhapsso,”ralphsaid,alittlegravelyforhehadalready notien, thanthattoedangthefranctireurs ofdijon;”perhapsso,butoocareful. ”hope” ”thelonelfelloour loheoffian. foreverrg,a ...