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Santerre. *
" Did you not also notice an hostler with him of the name of Michel ?" " Ah ! I believe you . I often observed him , and I shall not a little astonish you , when I tell you , that only the day before yesterday , in going to the Police-office to obtain my passportI met a manwho so much resembled himthat I
, , , should have said it was he , if his elegant dress and the decoration which . . . . " " It was he . . . . " said my informant , who appeared much to enjoy my surprise ; " himself . " added he , making a sign for me not again to interrupt him . " Perhaps you also remember that odd old fellow , Father Dufeuilley ?"
" Parbleu ! yoiu- neighbour , that is to say , who lived at the end of this street , which is not very long : the old fool who always slept with his coffin at the foot of his bed , and who , to save firing , did his cooking for eight days . " " Precisely . If I recall these things to your memory , I have good reason , as you will soon perceive . " And first , if I speak of this old churl , it is because the robbers alighted at his house one fine night five or six weeks after the apparition of the gens d ! amies at Rosa ' s father ' s ; it
is for that reason I ask you , if you also remembered these particulars . In those five or six weeks there had been three or four bad affairs in the parishes , more or less distant from this place ; but as there were only two murders committed , we did not think much about them . But the affair of M . Dufeuilley has been talked about , and will yet be talked about , as it is from
this date alone that the country has recovered its tranquillity . On the evening of that day , then , it might be about seven o ' clock , when my mother and myself had just seated ourselves at supper , there arrived the chief quartermaster of gens d ' amies of the brigade at Peronne , a brave man , whom you have seen here more than oncefor he came frequently to show me his
, list in my capacity of mayor , and I am sure you will believe I always made him welcome , and never let him depart without uncorking a bottle of wine . After wishing us good evening , ' M . Mayor , ' said he , lowering his voice , ' there will be some news to-night in the village . You will not do wrong on this accountto have all your servants armedwithout breathing
, , a word , nevertheless , and to hold yourself ready to march with them to the locality where the fighting may take place —but I have no mystery with you—it will be at Father Dufeuilley ' s . '
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Santerre. *
" Did you not also notice an hostler with him of the name of Michel ?" " Ah ! I believe you . I often observed him , and I shall not a little astonish you , when I tell you , that only the day before yesterday , in going to the Police-office to obtain my passportI met a manwho so much resembled himthat I
, , , should have said it was he , if his elegant dress and the decoration which . . . . " " It was he . . . . " said my informant , who appeared much to enjoy my surprise ; " himself . " added he , making a sign for me not again to interrupt him . " Perhaps you also remember that odd old fellow , Father Dufeuilley ?"
" Parbleu ! yoiu- neighbour , that is to say , who lived at the end of this street , which is not very long : the old fool who always slept with his coffin at the foot of his bed , and who , to save firing , did his cooking for eight days . " " Precisely . If I recall these things to your memory , I have good reason , as you will soon perceive . " And first , if I speak of this old churl , it is because the robbers alighted at his house one fine night five or six weeks after the apparition of the gens d ! amies at Rosa ' s father ' s ; it
is for that reason I ask you , if you also remembered these particulars . In those five or six weeks there had been three or four bad affairs in the parishes , more or less distant from this place ; but as there were only two murders committed , we did not think much about them . But the affair of M . Dufeuilley has been talked about , and will yet be talked about , as it is from
this date alone that the country has recovered its tranquillity . On the evening of that day , then , it might be about seven o ' clock , when my mother and myself had just seated ourselves at supper , there arrived the chief quartermaster of gens d ' amies of the brigade at Peronne , a brave man , whom you have seen here more than oncefor he came frequently to show me his
, list in my capacity of mayor , and I am sure you will believe I always made him welcome , and never let him depart without uncorking a bottle of wine . After wishing us good evening , ' M . Mayor , ' said he , lowering his voice , ' there will be some news to-night in the village . You will not do wrong on this accountto have all your servants armedwithout breathing
, , a word , nevertheless , and to hold yourself ready to march with them to the locality where the fighting may take place —but I have no mystery with you—it will be at Father Dufeuilley ' s . '