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sergeantsaid.aookoutap,and exa.”no,iseelechateletisarediree.” <;”and itterforourbeasts.seethattheyarerubbeddown, andfed.” thesergeantgaveaperetoryshout,aerofthewine shopranout.thesergeantpoihehorses. ”doyouspeakfrench”heaskedralph. ”no,”ralphsaid,”butsondoes. ”aaron,tellhiorubtheoo it,yourself.thesedogsareheatingevenahorse.” ralphtheheebreadand cheeseandabottleofthebesththreeglasses.the prussiansergeantsatdo,andtalkedofgernyforan hour.theartedagain,crossedtheriverand,anhouranda halflater,enteredlun.here,asthey fontainebleauansion wasasked. theyrodetheirtiredhorsesthroughthestreets,untiltheysawa quiethotel.ridingintotheyard,theytoldthehostlertoputup
theirhorses,andtoaheeir requesthafivefraheythehehotel,and foundthattheyuldhavebeds;asthenuerofgernofficers quartereduponthishouseallerthanusual,oothe greaterportionofthetroopshavingbeenpushedon,toreinforce voann. itfive,andherefore theypresentedgaettas letter,andrequestedhisassistanpurchasingavan,ha pairofgohorses,atonce. ”itpossibletogethorses,”theiresaid,”but iybest.ihaveti fear,ifi,theprussiansghtrerk it.” ”gaettasown stables.theyhavecarriedusahundredles,sincebreakfastti yesterday.theyarelikelytobeatleastasgoodasyoursare, onlytheyafe.hange” ”certainly,”theiresaid,atonce.”ifanyinquiriesobe deaboutit,ineedkeofthattransa. ”asfortheveredcart,iy neighborsopayforit,andas theprussiansarerequisitioni,yourely uponhavingoorrooing,readyforyourstart.iwillsend anoteroundtoyou,tonight,totellyouis,atpresent.” ”ndantsoffidget ourpassesuntersigned.hatisdone, forversailles.” ”yes,ishouldadviseyoutodothat,”theiresaid.”youwill nothaveulty.theyarecivilenoughaboutpasses,and ttersofthatkiionyouhaveseen” ”notunlessaionisaskedabouthorses;inhcasewe shouldofursentionthathearingyouhadapairofhorses, andoursrequirihyou.” theyno.anofficery. ”ovisathisforversailles”ralphsaid,in gern. theoffi. ”thelastvisaiseeeaux,afhtsince.” ”ravelingonhorsebae,”ralphsaid;”andhave hadnooasi ...
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