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betreatedasprisonersof
war”
”iananswered
”thenishalltosurrender,”ralphsaid,
firy”ihavenoauthority,;butifigive
advice,ithattheyshouldselltheirlivesasdearlyas
possible”
theoffiore
nutesthefightntinuedroundthettage,nyoftheges
falling;thenarushade,thereestinside
thehouseshouts,shrieks,ercyandthenallwas
still
theyoungbarclaysandtildtositdoree,
atashortdistanceoff;htries,hloadedrifles,
standingoverthethegesoldierstookfrohehouses
fe;sittingdown
andeatingtheirbreakfastastheflasshotupatashort
distancefro
eightortenfranctireurs,andsixorsevenpeasants,guardedby
sosoldiers
nearthehegejorandtenantsalkingoneof
theyoungnappearedtotakelittleinterestinthenversation;
buttheotherepoint,hgreat
eaestness;andthejorwasequallyplainlyrefusinghis
request,forhestaedhisfootangrily,andshookhishead
”ajoris,ofthebrutalspean,”ralph
said”oneusedtoetthesotistheirofficersareeither
partiachines,orgreatbrutes;
apparentlyenofea,here”
theofficerspassednearenoughforthebarclaystocatchthey
weresaying
theyounglieutenantwasverypale
”forthelastti,jor,iiloreyou”
”forthelastti,lieutenantvonhersen,”thejorsaid,
brutally,”iorderyoutodoyourdutyand,byheavens,ifyou
speakanotheryouinarrest”
theyounglieutenanttuedsilentlyaen,
andorderedtheoplacethefranctireursandthepeasants
againstawall
”thisishorrible,ralph,”percysaid”thatsundrelisgoingto
shoottheinldblood”
”iprotestagainstthisexecution,”ralphsaid,inaloudtone,
advanurder,anda
violationofalltherightsofwar”
”holdyourtongue,sir,”thegejorsaid,tuingtohibr >
furiously,”or,byheavens,iyouupthere,too”
”youdarenot,”ralphsaid,firy”outrage,asyoudo,everylaw
ofanity;youdarenotshootanofficerofthe
ar,inldblood”
thejortuedblackhpassion
”byheavens”heexclaid
buttheofficerself
beforehi
”pardon,jor,”hesaid,respectfully,”butthefrenchnis
rightitytotouchthese
prisonersofwar
”intheothertter,ihavenothingtosaytheorderhasbeen
publishedthatfranctireurs,andpeasantsshelteringtheshall
beshot;anditisnotfortodiscussorders,buttoobey
theutthisisatteraffectingallourhonors”
thejorstood,forant,irresolute;butheknehat
thegelitaryauthoritieshdeath,
theatroeof
thennear:
”tietheirarbehindtheirbacks,andtaketheartherintothe
wood”
ralph,hisbrother,andtioyleothewoodby
theirguardsbutstrian
artheyuldseethattheydisapproved,inthehighestdegree,
ofthenduandingofficer
theyillnearenoughtoseehevillage
notanofthefranctireursbeggedhislife,butstoodupright
againsttheitatedtheirexale,as
didaboyofnotoverthirteenyearsofagetherladsofthe
saage,andapeasant,fellontheirkneesandprayedpiteously
forlife
theyoungofficertuedroundtoajorinone,noute,
appealitwasinvain
”putyourrifleshinafootoftheirheads,”thelieutenant
said”fire”
okeclearedahesoldiersandingalone;and
thepeasantsandfranctireurslay,inanfusedss,onthe
ground
thelieutenantajorhasteadystep,buth
afaceaspaleasashes
”ihavedoneduty,jorkolbach;yourordersareobeyed”
then,houtanotherhisrevolver,putitrapidly
tohistele,andblehisbrainsanhistoricalfact
brutalasjorkolbachartedbackinhorrorastheyoung
lieutenantfelldeadathisfeet;ryofsurpriseand
nsteationbrokefrohenthejordidnotsaya
tuedahdisturbedsteps;he
otherlieutenantbentoverthebodyofhisradeand,seeingthat
heeno
digagrave,underthetrees,andbringhihere
hisentofallinplacingthe
barclays,andtintheirdstandthenajorand
saluted,sayingldlythatthenarchthejor
nodded,signedtotheorderlyo
approach,vaultedintothesaddle,androdealongtheroadback
toainbodyofthearthelieutenantgavetheword,and
thelurokinghouses,
andthestillbodiesofsosixtyn
thereoverthefaen;andnoone
uldsuppose,froheirair,thattheya
successfulexpedition,inheyhadannihilatedabodyof
enefiftystrong,hthelossofonlyfiveorsixoftheirown
ndisciplinee,or
evenofnttobespoken;andnotasoundthe
heavy,asuredtraasthetroopsrchedbackthroughthe
foreststhejorrodeon,odily,sofortyorfiftyyards
aheadoftheinbody
theyhadnotgonehalfalebeforetherefiredinthe
ajorgaveastart,andnearlyfell
froishorse;thenreveredhielf,andtuedtoridebackto
thelu,herehershot,andhefelloffhishorse,
heavily,totheground
theluhadinstinctivelyhalted,andthelieutenantgavethe
word,”load”
ashoutoftriuhheyone”andthen
allill
”thatstheoldfelloylife,tendaysago,percy,”
ralphsaid;”andbyjoveasihen,ido
thinkthatiaoregratefulnow”
findingthattheshotsetyorthirty
skirshersintoth
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betreatedasprisonersof
war”
”iananswered
”thenishalltosurrender,”ralphsaid,
firy”ihavenoauthority,;butifigive
advice,ithattheyshouldselltheirlivesasdearlyas
possible”
theoffiore
nutesthefightntinuedroundthettage,nyoftheges
falling;thenarushade,thereestinside
thehouseshouts,shrieks,ercyandthenallwas
still
theyoungbarclaysandtildtositdoree,
atashortdistanceoff;htries,hloadedrifles,
standingoverthethegesoldierstookfrohehouses
fe;sittingdown
andeatingtheirbreakfastastheflasshotupatashort
distancefro
eightortenfranctireurs,andsixorsevenpeasants,guardedby
sosoldiers
nearthehegejorandtenantsalkingoneof
theyoungnappearedtotakelittleinterestinthenversation;
buttheotherepoint,hgreat
eaestness;andthejorwasequallyplainlyrefusinghis
request,forhestaedhisfootangrily,andshookhishead
”ajoris,ofthebrutalspean,”ralph
said”oneusedtoetthesotistheirofficersareeither
partiachines,orgreatbrutes;
apparentlyenofea,here”
theofficerspassednearenoughforthebarclaystocatchthey
weresaying
theyounglieutenantwasverypale
”forthelastti,jor,iiloreyou”
”forthelastti,lieutenantvonhersen,”thejorsaid,
brutally,”iorderyoutodoyourdutyand,byheavens,ifyou
speakanotheryouinarrest”
theyounglieutenanttuedsilentlyaen,
andorderedtheoplacethefranctireursandthepeasants
againstawall
”thisishorrible,ralph,”percysaid”thatsundrelisgoingto
shoottheinldblood”
”iprotestagainstthisexecution,”ralphsaid,inaloudtone,
advanurder,anda
violationofalltherightsofwar”
”holdyourtongue,sir,”thegejorsaid,tuingtohibr >
furiously,”or,byheavens,iyouupthere,too”
”youdarenot,”ralphsaid,firy”outrage,asyoudo,everylaw
ofanity;youdarenotshootanofficerofthe
ar,inldblood”
thejortuedblackhpassion
”byheavens”heexclaid
buttheofficerself
beforehi
”pardon,jor,”hesaid,respectfully,”butthefrenchnis
rightitytotouchthese
prisonersofwar
”intheothertter,ihavenothingtosaytheorderhasbeen
publishedthatfranctireurs,andpeasantsshelteringtheshall
beshot;anditisnotfortodiscussorders,buttoobey
theutthisisatteraffectingallourhonors”
thejorstood,forant,irresolute;butheknehat
thegelitaryauthoritieshdeath,
theatroeof
thennear:
”tietheirarbehindtheirbacks,andtaketheartherintothe
wood”
ralph,hisbrother,andtioyleothewoodby
theirguardsbutstrian
artheyuldseethattheydisapproved,inthehighestdegree,
ofthenduandingofficer
theyillnearenoughtoseehevillage
notanofthefranctireursbeggedhislife,butstoodupright
againsttheitatedtheirexale,as
didaboyofnotoverthirteenyearsofagetherladsofthe
saage,andapeasant,fellontheirkneesandprayedpiteously
forlife
theyoungofficertuedroundtoajorinone,noute,
appealitwasinvain
”putyourrifleshinafootoftheirheads,”thelieutenant
said”fire”
okeclearedahesoldiersandingalone;and
thepeasantsandfranctireurslay,inanfusedss,onthe
ground
thelieutenantajorhasteadystep,buth
afaceaspaleasashes
”ihavedoneduty,jorkolbach;yourordersareobeyed”
then,houtanotherhisrevolver,putitrapidly
tohistele,andblehisbrainsanhistoricalfact
brutalasjorkolbachartedbackinhorrorastheyoung
lieutenantfelldeadathisfeet;ryofsurpriseand
nsteationbrokefrohenthejordidnotsaya
tuedahdisturbedsteps;he
otherlieutenantbentoverthebodyofhisradeand,seeingthat
heeno
digagrave,underthetrees,andbringhihere
hisentofallinplacingthe
barclays,andtintheirdstandthenajorand
saluted,sayingldlythatthenarchthejor
nodded,signedtotheorderlyo
approach,vaultedintothesaddle,androdealongtheroadback
toainbodyofthearthelieutenantgavetheword,and
thelurokinghouses,
andthestillbodiesofsosixtyn
thereoverthefaen;andnoone
uldsuppose,froheirair,thattheya
successfulexpedition,inheyhadannihilatedabodyof
enefiftystrong,hthelossofonlyfiveorsixoftheirown
ndisciplinee,or
evenofnttobespoken;andnotasoundthe
heavy,asuredtraasthetroopsrchedbackthroughthe
foreststhejorrodeon,odily,sofortyorfiftyyards
aheadoftheinbody
theyhadnotgonehalfalebeforetherefiredinthe
ajorgaveastart,andnearlyfell
froishorse;thenreveredhielf,andtuedtoridebackto
thelu,herehershot,andhefelloffhishorse,
heavily,totheground
theluhadinstinctivelyhalted,andthelieutenantgavethe
word,”load”
ashoutoftriuhheyone”andthen
allill
”thatstheoldfelloylife,tendaysago,percy,”
ralphsaid;”andbyjoveasihen,ido
thinkthatiaoregratefulnow”
findingthattheshotsetyorthirty
skirshersintoth
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