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nthefirstbagfordijoninthisits
destinationost,ofitsleaving
orleans
itonthfrohedateofthe
fightinanythankstohis
kindhostandhostess,andafterforcingahandsopresentupon
theralphstartedinapeasantsdressfor
hiororleanshehadstillplentyofney;forhehad
drahereythousandfrancs,inparisthegreater
portionofthisneyhehadpaidintothehandsofabanker,at
tours,butpercyandhehadkeptoutahundredpoundseach;knowing
byexperiencehois,incaseofbeingtakenprisoner,to
haveplentyofneyralphsillbounduph
plaster,andtoncealitarabbitskincaphflapshadbeen
boughtsothat,bylettingdounderthe
chin,thegreaterpartofthecheeksovered
thefarrhaddeinquiriesanghisneighborsand,findingone
togiveralphalifttothatplacethestarthadbeeneffected
early,andithreeoclockheydroveintoorleanshere
ralphshookhandsasafejouey
hoandstrolledleisurelydohestreets
orleanspresentedaserableaspecttheinhabitantskept
theelvesshutupintheirhouses,aschaspossiblethebishop
aprisoner,bytheprussians,inhisoroops
ost
part,inastateofpoverty;andtheshopswouldhavebeenall
shut,hadnottheprussiansorderedtheobekeptopenthe
streetsantroops,andlongtrainsofcarts
ythese
cartsthepeasantry,andly
takeniensedistane;theohe
opanythe
nyhesadscenesnessedinthesenvoysthegriefofa
fatherdraggedaeofhiswifeand
children,duringhisabsencetheanguishofalaboreratseeing
hishorsefalldeadeans
oftakinghiscarthoagain;andthathehadnothingtodobutto
retutohisho,andtellhishatthehorseand
cartitutedhissolehweregone
ralpheduntil,lateintheafteoon,hesarainhalt
byoneofthebridgesitlyintendingtocross,the
nexting,andgodoethehorseswere
takenout,andfastenedbyhalterstothecarts;three
soldierstookuptheirpostsassentries,andthedriverswere
sufferedtoleavethegesknohattherehanceof
theirdeserting,andleavingtheirhorsesandcarts
thepoorfellohroughthetohosewhohadany
neyboughtfoodthoseans
allonorations,andlefttheoshiftfortheelvesor
starveastheylikedralphjoinedinnversationhagroupof
these,ingtheirhardshipstothree
syathetian,especially,ost
heartbrokenhisher
bedside
”uldido”heasked,pitifully”iyhorse
andcart
theyforeverodo”
nooneuldansbut,hepartyhadbrokenup,ralph
”houchareyourhorseandcarth”heasked
”thehorseishfivehundredfrancs,”hesaid”thecartisan
oldouch,
yousee,butitisallihave”
”lookhere,oldn,”ralphsaid,”iaota
frenchofficer,anditogetdoheprussianoutposts,
buthoutpassesiuldnotgetonbesidesihavebeenwounded,
andaooohesevenhundredand
fiftyfrancshevalueofyourhorseandcart,andwill
takeyourplaceasdriver;sothatyoucanstartback,atonce,to
yourwifedoyouagree”
theoldnedhjoythatheburstintotears
”godblessyou,sir,”hesaid”youhavesavedlife,andpoor
oo”
”veryisabargain,then,”ralphsaid”hereishalfthe
neyyoushallhavetheresttorrow
”noustgoetorrooing,atthehourfor
starting;andtelltheofficerinchargethatianephewof
yourslivinghere,butoutofpresentandthatyouhave
arrangedetodrivethecart,aslongasitsed,and
thentotakeithoagain”
afterafeorebackandsho
hisightkno,inthe
ing
”artatdaybreak,”hesaid,”soyouhadbetterbehereby
halfpastsix”
”wheredoyousleep”ralphasked
”ioh,idontsleepchiliedo,undeeaththe
carts;andthenself”
”takethisfuratofne,”ralphsaid”itwillkeepyou
tonight,anyhoit;ishallgetabed
sowhere”
theatheoneralphhaderbeing
hebraid,andthefurofthellarand
cuffstakenoff;andhadhaditpurposelydirtied,sothatitwas
nolongeragattractattention,onthebackofa
nhacart
aftersodifficulty,ralphgotabed;andtheagreedplace
attheappointedtitheoldnuptotheprussiansergeant
innd,andtoldthetaleralphhaddithe
sergeantagreedtothearrangent,an
handedralphhisthefurat;hralph
oingterlyld,and
ralphenfeebledbyhisillnessfeltitkeenlyinanotherfive
nutes,thecartsotionacrossthebridge,andthenaway
duesouth
forhalfanhourralphhesideofhiscartandbeing,
bythatti,thoroughlyhejuedupinthecartandrode,
duringtherestoftheday;gettingdo
tionlybedhtheld
intheafteoontheyarrivedatlaferte,sofifteenlesfrobr >
orleanstheretheyreinedforthenighttherevery
nytroopshere,andralphuldhaveobtainedabedbypayingbuthefearedtoattractattentionbythepossession
ofunusualfundsand,therefore,sleptinahayloft;afraid,in
spiteofhisfurat,tosleepintheopenair
thenextingthetrainyofthecartsgoi
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nthefirstbagfordijoninthisits
destinationost,ofitsleaving
orleans
itonthfrohedateofthe
fightinanythankstohis
kindhostandhostess,andafterforcingahandsopresentupon
theralphstartedinapeasantsdressfor
hiororleanshehadstillplentyofney;forhehad
drahereythousandfrancs,inparisthegreater
portionofthisneyhehadpaidintothehandsofabanker,at
tours,butpercyandhehadkeptoutahundredpoundseach;knowing
byexperiencehois,incaseofbeingtakenprisoner,to
haveplentyofneyralphsillbounduph
plaster,andtoncealitarabbitskincaphflapshadbeen
boughtsothat,bylettingdounderthe
chin,thegreaterpartofthecheeksovered
thefarrhaddeinquiriesanghisneighborsand,findingone
togiveralphalifttothatplacethestarthadbeeneffected
early,andithreeoclockheydroveintoorleanshere
ralphshookhandsasafejouey
hoandstrolledleisurelydohestreets
orleanspresentedaserableaspecttheinhabitantskept
theelvesshutupintheirhouses,aschaspossiblethebishop
aprisoner,bytheprussians,inhisoroops
ost
part,inastateofpoverty;andtheshopswouldhavebeenall
shut,hadnottheprussiansorderedtheobekeptopenthe
streetsantroops,andlongtrainsofcarts
ythese
cartsthepeasantry,andly
takeniensedistane;theohe
opanythe
nyhesadscenesnessedinthesenvoysthegriefofa
fatherdraggedaeofhiswifeand
children,duringhisabsencetheanguishofalaboreratseeing
hishorsefalldeadeans
oftakinghiscarthoagain;andthathehadnothingtodobutto
retutohisho,andtellhishatthehorseand
cartitutedhissolehweregone
ralpheduntil,lateintheafteoon,hesarainhalt
byoneofthebridgesitlyintendingtocross,the
nexting,andgodoethehorseswere
takenout,andfastenedbyhalterstothecarts;three
soldierstookuptheirpostsassentries,andthedriverswere
sufferedtoleavethegesknohattherehanceof
theirdeserting,andleavingtheirhorsesandcarts
thepoorfellohroughthetohosewhohadany
neyboughtfoodthoseans
allonorations,andlefttheoshiftfortheelvesor
starveastheylikedralphjoinedinnversationhagroupof
these,ingtheirhardshipstothree
syathetian,especially,ost
heartbrokenhisher
bedside
”uldido”heasked,pitifully”iyhorse
andcart
theyforeverodo”
nooneuldansbut,hepartyhadbrokenup,ralph
”houchareyourhorseandcarth”heasked
”thehorseishfivehundredfrancs,”hesaid”thecartisan
oldouch,
yousee,butitisallihave”
”lookhere,oldn,”ralphsaid,”iaota
frenchofficer,anditogetdoheprussianoutposts,
buthoutpassesiuldnotgetonbesidesihavebeenwounded,
andaooohesevenhundredand
fiftyfrancshevalueofyourhorseandcart,andwill
takeyourplaceasdriver;sothatyoucanstartback,atonce,to
yourwifedoyouagree”
theoldnedhjoythatheburstintotears
”godblessyou,sir,”hesaid”youhavesavedlife,andpoor
oo”
”veryisabargain,then,”ralphsaid”hereishalfthe
neyyoushallhavetheresttorrow
”noustgoetorrooing,atthehourfor
starting;andtelltheofficerinchargethatianephewof
yourslivinghere,butoutofpresentandthatyouhave
arrangedetodrivethecart,aslongasitsed,and
thentotakeithoagain”
afterafeorebackandsho
hisightkno,inthe
ing
”artatdaybreak,”hesaid,”soyouhadbetterbehereby
halfpastsix”
”wheredoyousleep”ralphasked
”ioh,idontsleepchiliedo,undeeaththe
carts;andthenself”
”takethisfuratofne,”ralphsaid”itwillkeepyou
tonight,anyhoit;ishallgetabed
sowhere”
theatheoneralphhaderbeing
hebraid,andthefurofthellarand
cuffstakenoff;andhadhaditpurposelydirtied,sothatitwas
nolongeragattractattention,onthebackofa
nhacart
aftersodifficulty,ralphgotabed;andtheagreedplace
attheappointedtitheoldnuptotheprussiansergeant
innd,andtoldthetaleralphhaddithe
sergeantagreedtothearrangent,an
handedralphhisthefurat;hralph
oingterlyld,and
ralphenfeebledbyhisillnessfeltitkeenlyinanotherfive
nutes,thecartsotionacrossthebridge,andthenaway
duesouth
forhalfanhourralphhesideofhiscartandbeing,
bythatti,thoroughlyhejuedupinthecartandrode,
duringtherestoftheday;gettingdo
tionlybedhtheld
intheafteoontheyarrivedatlaferte,sofifteenlesfrobr >
orleanstheretheyreinedforthenighttherevery
nytroopshere,andralphuldhaveobtainedabedbypayingbuthefearedtoattractattentionbythepossession
ofunusualfundsand,therefore,sleptinahayloft;afraid,in
spiteofhisfurat,tosleepintheopenair
thenextingthetrainyofthecartsgoi
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