第14节

  rpsrathedral;

  assonpreached,andablessing

  solelyprayedforforthetheboyshadaskedtheirfatherifhe

  hadanyobjeonial,ina

  ronhuraptainbarclayhadatoncesaidthat,

  uporary,heshouldtodoso.protestantsght

  notapproveofnythingsiholih;butthatuld

  benoreason,ever,againstaprotestanttakingpartina

  soleprayertogod,ightbeofferedup.

  theyoungduburgsefortheir

  departurehade,forthenththathadpassedhadbeenast

  unpleasantoothetheirtherhadinvaiopersuade

  theostay;firstbyey,andthenbyangerand,finding

  theseansfail,shehadpassedhertieitherinsullensilence,

  orinreininginbed;declaringthatheervesterly

  shattered,andthatsheshouldneversurviveit.shehadrefusedto

  sees.barclayhelattercalled,adayortertheir

  visittothettage,andshehadnotbeennearhersince.julie

  andjustineillyand,altogether,

  thereeilies.

  theboyshoonsieur

  duburgasusual,everydayorthcaptain

  barclay.

  septeerthefifteenththedayofseparationarrived.theywere

  tore,therefore,at

  seven.thiseforthe

  painfuladieus.captainbarclayhadalongtalkhtheboysthe

  nightbefore,repeatingallthehintsandinstrushhehad

  befiventhe

  itisnotney

  readersselveshoilly

  sobbedaloud,inspiteofherefforts;hors.barclaykissedher

  boys,andthenranuptoherotocryalone;hoheir

  fatherhisblessing,

  tuedhastilyaighthetearshhe

  uldnotkeepbadho

  andtheirdignityassoldiers,doylehadgoneonan

  hourbefore,takingtheirblas;sotheyhadnothingtodobut

  tosnatchuptheirgunsandhastenahtears,

  tohetojustasthebuglesouhe

  assely.bythistitheyhadsteadiedtheelvesand,inthe

  hestart,soonlostallfeelingof

  despondency.

  itorealerpsthan

  thefranctireursofdijonas,hthebandofthenationalguard

  attheirhead,playingtherseillaise,theyrchedthroughthe

  oldsrolled

  uptightandcarried,likeascarf,overoneshoulderanduhe

  otherarandgaiterswereofbuff

  leather.theircapshadflatpeaks,toshadetheireyes;butround

  thecaphfur,dohe

  earsandbackoftheyinguhe.oerside

  ofthefurhinindiarubber,tothroherainoffdownover

  thelightancarriedinasll

  case,slungtohisbelt.theerproofonthecaps,whenrolled

  up,didnotshohecapsthenlookinglikefurcaps,hapeak.

  sluheshoulder,ontheoppositesidetothebla,wasa

  haversackorstoutvasbagbroherestofthe

  equipnts.eachbagpartnts;thelarger

  oneholdingaspareshirt,afeksandhandkerchiefs,

  ab,andothersllnecessaries.iher,bread,biscuits

  orotherprovisionsuldbecarried.eahadalsoaer

  bottle,slungoverhisshoulder.

  ohersideoftheaunitionpouch,behind,rappedanew

  boot;soplacedthatitinnoerferedhthebearer

  gettingatthepouextehetinbox;thelidof

  saplate,thebottosaupan.onone

  sidehungthebayo;upoherahatk,ora

  shorthandledshoveleaplent.

  ithatthisthearticleswere

  allnecessaries;andtheoverandabovetherifleand

  aunitiohan

  halfthatordinarilycarriedbyafrenchsoldier.

  attheheadoftherpsrcheditsndant.thefrenchterbr>

  ndantansajor,andhehereforein

  futurebeterdjortee.eachofthefourpanieswasalso

  headedbyitsoffipehadchosenforthesepostsfour

  nself,hadservedthreeinthear,andonein

  thenavy.hehadassoonastherpswas

  anized,andtheyhadarrivedtendaysbeforethestart.oneor

  thefranctireursertainedahopeofbeing

  deofficersfirstalittledisedbut,asitwas

  evidentlyvastlytotheadvaherpstohaveexperienced

  offientsgavegreatsatisfatotherestof

  then.fortuhereenwhohad

  servedasprivatesoonssionedofficers;andfrohese

  jorteeselectedasergeant,andarporal,foreay.

  behindtherpsfollohecart;loadedhthestoresofthe

  rps,ansiderableauntofaunition,threecasesof

  gunttonforbloallbarrelsofpowder,

  alargequantityoffineironhreeorfourcrowbars,bagsof

  ffeeandriany

  largesaus,togetherhallsortsofoddsandends.bythe

  sideofthehorsedoyle;dressedintheuniforfthe

  rps,butents,andhalongblousewoover

  histunic.heeerof

  therps.thishefirstplace,athiso

  request;anduponthepleathatthusonlyuldheescapethe

  ontbe

  separatedfroherps;andalsothat,unlesshehadauniforbr>

  liketherest,hoakeanyvatheranks,even

  shouldour

  jortee,inexceedingthehundredandtinedupon,

  ents;butrebythefactthat

  difficultiesfood,oking,andvariousother

  points,ifthedriverefootingastherestof

  therps.

  therchalongoneonlytotherailation.afew

  carriages,hatruart,andahorsebox,weredrawn

  upalongsidetheplatfornreadiness;andiesreall

  heirplaarriagesattachedto

  ...

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