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edforbrussels;
askedforticketsinveryenglishfrenchand,atelevenoclock
atnight,enteredbrusselsheretheirtroubleswereoveragood
nightsrest,inagoodhotel,pletelysetthepagainand,
thenexting,theyleftbytrainfordunkirk
theretheyreportedtheelvestothefrenand;
andreentstearh
oing,forcherbourg
chapter14:aperilousexpedition
upontheeleventhofnoveertheboysarrivedattourstheyhad
startedforthatplaont
theyarrivedatenshopeswerehighfor,a
ann,and
reoccupiedorleanseveryhourfreshtroopswerearriving,and
passingforoerallythrongedhsoldiers,of
allsorts:batteriesofartillery,regintsofcavalry,squadrons
ofarabspahislookingstrangelyoutofplaceintheire
robes,andunveduntenance,inthissceneofeuropean
ireurs,ineverypossiblevarietyofabsurdand
unsuitableunifor
inallthisdinandnfusion,theyoungbarclaysfeltquite
bes;
thentoreporttheelvesthereer
tter,foreverytailorintourshad,forthetibeing,tued
litaryoutfitterand,bydintofofferingtopayextra,their
uniforisedforthenextingthatttersettled,
theydeteedtogoatoncetotheprefecture,andreport
theelves
astheytuedoutofthecroheyreceivedtwo
heartyslapsontheshoulder,ostknockedtheown;while
aheartyvoiceexclaid:
”dearboys,ialadtoseeyou”
theylookedroundandtotheirastonishntanddelightsaw
lonelteeforanuteorthehandshakingsandgreetings
ythatnoquestionsuldbeasked
”ithoughtageprisonholdyoulong,boys,”the
lonelsaid”isaethroughdijon;andi
saidtohihatishouldbesurprisedifyoudidnottuupsoon,
especiallyhihatyouayence,onlytwo
daystrafrohefrontier”
”butareyoudoinghere,lonel”
”justatpresent,iaeadquartersbetweenourselves,
thearoftheeastisingroundtojoinaurellesourpoor
fellotynearlyusedup,andifoundthatiulddo
littlerealgoodnd;
andbetta,andhehaskept
”noareyougoingtodo”
”ourselves,lonel”
”nousegoingtodaytoolateeanddinee,atthe
bordeauxhaveyougotroo”
”notyet,lonel”
”thenicantellyouyou,atalltheplaceis
s,by
thegreatestgoodluckoneofyoucanhavethesoftheotheran
arhair,orthehearthrug,syoubest”
”thankyou,verych;ally,”theboyssaid
”andnoparis”
”eneparisbut,ill,thenes
veryslotoget
be”
”butsurely,nsecircletoguard,thereuldbe
nogreatdifficultyinassengerfindinghiswayin”
”thereisadiffipesaid;
”forofallried,onlyoneortceedednow
ealong,orefordinner”
itedleyatthetabledhote,atthehotelde
bordeauxgenerals,htheirbreastsveredhorders,and
silefranoftheservice;
nistersandersofthelaterpslegislatif;anarican
gentlen,ily;englishney
ntrailies,refugeesfroarisafterdinnerthey
toacafeliterallycrohofficersandthenceto
lonelteesroo,heysatdoly,tochatover
hadtakenplacesincethelastvisit
”butanyourfathertoldhehyoui
supposeyouuldnotgethiut”
”ohyes,tihere,”ralphsaid,laughing,”butheranacrossa
upleofirishnbelongingtotheforeignlegionandashewould
havebeeninourknoo
sleepleavetilltorrooing,eet
usinfrontoftherailation”
”bytheastep”
”no,”theboyscried”really”
”yes,really,”thelonelsaid”thatgoodfellobriels,sent
inastrongreportinyourfavoruponresigninghisnd;
rehearsingight
beatonatterofurseithenext
gazette”
”ofurse,sabsurd,soyoung
asonthsay
bejors”
”inordinarytisitbe
possibleforyoutoholdthegradeyoudonoilllesshigher
onesunlessyouunderstoodthoroughlyyourdutyatthepresent
nt,everythingisexanwho,perhaps,onlyserved
afeonthsinthear,yearsago,isdeageneral,andsentto
organizeaand
thesetroopsinthefield,uldnotevendrillthentheparade
groundbutthatisofnotterhehasatalentfororganization,
andthereforeisselepand,toenablehibr >
todosoefficiently,hereceivesthenonalrankofgeneral
”inordinarytisanuldnotgetprotedthreeorevenfour
tis,inasnyheheadsofhundredsofothers,
nseauntofjealousy;hout,infact,
upsettingthey
”noy
arealstallprisonerseveryoneisneed
tohisenselvestobegoodncanbe
reotedhexceptionalrapidity,houtexciting
anyfeelingofjealousy,everbesideshehing
isprovisionalhehergoback
intoprivatelifeor,iftheyntinuetoserve,ted
intotheregularar,aescaleorothertobe
hereafterdeteeduponsoinnveniencesnodoubtwillarise,
buttheywillhardlybeserious
”ionthago;butideclinedit,as
ityundertakingdutiesfor
unfi
... </P></TD>
edforbrussels;
askedforticketsinveryenglishfrenchand,atelevenoclock
atnight,enteredbrusselsheretheirtroubleswereoveragood
nightsrest,inagoodhotel,pletelysetthepagainand,
thenexting,theyleftbytrainfordunkirk
theretheyreportedtheelvestothefrenand;
andreentstearh
oing,forcherbourg
chapter14:aperilousexpedition
upontheeleventhofnoveertheboysarrivedattourstheyhad
startedforthatplaont
theyarrivedatenshopeswerehighfor,a
ann,and
reoccupiedorleanseveryhourfreshtroopswerearriving,and
passingforoerallythrongedhsoldiers,of
allsorts:batteriesofartillery,regintsofcavalry,squadrons
ofarabspahislookingstrangelyoutofplaceintheire
robes,andunveduntenance,inthissceneofeuropean
ireurs,ineverypossiblevarietyofabsurdand
unsuitableunifor
inallthisdinandnfusion,theyoungbarclaysfeltquite
bes;
thentoreporttheelvesthereer
tter,foreverytailorintourshad,forthetibeing,tued
litaryoutfitterand,bydintofofferingtopayextra,their
uniforisedforthenextingthatttersettled,
theydeteedtogoatoncetotheprefecture,andreport
theelves
astheytuedoutofthecroheyreceivedtwo
heartyslapsontheshoulder,ostknockedtheown;while
aheartyvoiceexclaid:
”dearboys,ialadtoseeyou”
theylookedroundandtotheirastonishntanddelightsaw
lonelteeforanuteorthehandshakingsandgreetings
ythatnoquestionsuldbeasked
”ithoughtageprisonholdyoulong,boys,”the
lonelsaid”isaethroughdijon;andi
saidtohihatishouldbesurprisedifyoudidnottuupsoon,
especiallyhihatyouayence,onlytwo
daystrafrohefrontier”
”butareyoudoinghere,lonel”
”justatpresent,iaeadquartersbetweenourselves,
thearoftheeastisingroundtojoinaurellesourpoor
fellotynearlyusedup,andifoundthatiulddo
littlerealgoodnd;
andbetta,andhehaskept
”noareyougoingtodo”
”ourselves,lonel”
”nousegoingtodaytoolateeanddinee,atthe
bordeauxhaveyougotroo”
”notyet,lonel”
”thenicantellyouyou,atalltheplaceis
s,by
thegreatestgoodluckoneofyoucanhavethesoftheotheran
arhair,orthehearthrug,syoubest”
”thankyou,verych;ally,”theboyssaid
”andnoparis”
”eneparisbut,ill,thenes
veryslotoget
be”
”butsurely,nsecircletoguard,thereuldbe
nogreatdifficultyinassengerfindinghiswayin”
”thereisadiffipesaid;
”forofallried,onlyoneortceedednow
ealong,orefordinner”
itedleyatthetabledhote,atthehotelde
bordeauxgenerals,htheirbreastsveredhorders,and
silefranoftheservice;
nistersandersofthelaterpslegislatif;anarican
gentlen,ily;englishney
ntrailies,refugeesfroarisafterdinnerthey
toacafeliterallycrohofficersandthenceto
lonelteesroo,heysatdoly,tochatover
hadtakenplacesincethelastvisit
”butanyourfathertoldhehyoui
supposeyouuldnotgethiut”
”ohyes,tihere,”ralphsaid,laughing,”butheranacrossa
upleofirishnbelongingtotheforeignlegionandashewould
havebeeninourknoo
sleepleavetilltorrooing,eet
usinfrontoftherailation”
”bytheastep”
”no,”theboyscried”really”
”yes,really,”thelonelsaid”thatgoodfellobriels,sent
inastrongreportinyourfavoruponresigninghisnd;
rehearsingight
beatonatterofurseithenext
gazette”
”ofurse,sabsurd,soyoung
asonthsay
bejors”
”inordinarytisitbe
possibleforyoutoholdthegradeyoudonoilllesshigher
onesunlessyouunderstoodthoroughlyyourdutyatthepresent
nt,everythingisexanwho,perhaps,onlyserved
afeonthsinthear,yearsago,isdeageneral,andsentto
organizeaand
thesetroopsinthefield,uldnotevendrillthentheparade
groundbutthatisofnotterhehasatalentfororganization,
andthereforeisselepand,toenablehibr >
todosoefficiently,hereceivesthenonalrankofgeneral
”inordinarytisanuldnotgetprotedthreeorevenfour
tis,inasnyheheadsofhundredsofothers,
nseauntofjealousy;hout,infact,
upsettingthey
”noy
arealstallprisonerseveryoneisneed
tohisenselvestobegoodncanbe
reotedhexceptionalrapidity,houtexciting
anyfeelingofjealousy,everbesideshehing
isprovisionalhehergoback
intoprivatelifeor,iftheyntinuetoserve,ted
intotheregularar,aescaleorothertobe
hereafterdeteeduponsoinnveniencesnodoubtwillarise,
buttheywillhardlybeserious
”ionthago;butideclinedit,as
ityundertakingdutiesfor
unfi
... </P></TD>