【】farashisbrotheruldsee,injustthesastateas
before:sotistalkingtohielf,indisedsentences;
sotisravingagininghielfrepeatingtheses
throughe.
atothegoveor;
andohetable,
andokinginasllstudy.and
vinoy.gerordiallybythehand;
presentedhiotheenerals,andaskedhiotakeacigar,
andsitdown.
”generalsducrotandvinoyaresurprised,isee,atyour
appearanaptainbarclay,”gerochubegan.
”bytheself,”youareinthegazette,this
ing,ascaptain.”
ralphbohanks.
”nothanksaredueatall,captainbarclay,”theoldveteransaid.
”youhaveotion;aawhospeaksof
you,iysay,inthehighesttertellsthatheprosedyou
thestep,ifyougotin.isaythat,herhehaddone
sooot,ishouldhavegivenittoyou.
”butiare
surprisedasiaselfatyourappearance.gaetta,inhis
letter,theexpressionyoungoffiehesaid,
theseyoungofficershavegreatlydistinguishedtheelves,and
havegaihecrossofthelegionofhonor;andagainhesays,
theseyoungofficershavevoluocarrydispatches.
”naturally,friendsan;andhaving
onlyseenyouforaninstantlastnight,andnothavingobserved
yourfeatures,specially,ihatiingayounger
n.
”yousee,”hesaid,ile,”euand
gaettasere
lad;butoeroyourself.”
ralphhadflushedeofthisspeech.
”istapologizeverygreatly,general,”hesaid,he
goveorofparisstopped;”forthestakeiscertainlydueto
ofulness.”
hishearerslookedsurprised.
”isleptuntilfiveokthisafteoon,”ralphntinued;
”ooapoethatthedoctoryoukindly
sentusgave.sihoughtshavebeeirelygiven
tobrother;ahoughtofsingularappearanever
enterednd.ihavebeesoaustodinthefee
ilefttourstothisbeard,stache,andhair,thatinever
thoughtoftheforant.hadithoughtofit,iuldnot
havepresentedselfbeforeyou,thisevening;forishouldnot
havepresudtodoso,istate;andite
sohoursofhardalittlepain,befetridof
theortheyarefastenedonakerswaxand,ifear,
eoff,houttakingansiderableportionofskin
.”
thethreegeneralslaughedheartilyatralphsapology,andtheir
oistake;andgeroafull
atof,hehadseen,and
infortionhehadgainedsitours.ralphtoldthestory
unaffeendation
froislisteners.
”yourstanatterochusaid;”wherehadyou
lastbeen,beforethat”
”agernprison,”ralph
answered.
thegeneralsalllaughed.
”youareadventurousfelleneralvinoy
said.”hotaken,andhoout”
ralphagaintoldhisstory.
”youareolhands,youbarclays,”generalducrotsaid.”howdid
yougetssionsfirstthepolyteic,orsaint
cyr”
”no,general,”ralphsaid,destly,”ages.we
ssionsandthecrossofthelegioninthevosges,as
franctireurs.”
”intlesharply.”they
havenotdoneanyverygreatthings,thefranctireurs.”
”ireursofdijon,”ralphsaid,alittle
proudly.”esbeatsuperiorforces.weblehe
bridgeofthevesouze;andshouldhaveblohetunnelof
savee,haditnotbeenfortreachery.”
”yes,yes,”gerochusaid;”ireergaettahasonceor
tentionedyourrps,especially.yousee,uch
froutside.
”letushearoftheaffairsyouhaventioned.youratwill
giveusabetterideaofthestateofthings,inthevosges,than
fiftydispatcheswoulddo.”
thusasked,ralphgaveana
thedaytheyarrivedinthevosges,tothedayhehadleft
theeducedtoafourthoftheirinalstrength.thethree
generalssataheircigarswhilehespoke,asking
questionsoasionally.
”verygood,”gerochusaid,heother
generalsrdiallyassented.
”buthoeyoutospeakgernsorochuasked;
”andhoyouuoodtheenglishinheofficer
spoke,atsavee”
”ultaneous
startofsurprise.”thatistosay,ouationalityisenglish,
thoughheranoffitheenglish
ararriedafrenchlady,and
settledinfrane.edpartlyin
england,gerny,andfrahathethreelanguages
nearlyequallywell.”
”alstsorry
thatyouarenotfrench;foryoutoanyuntry.
”aobegoingtobed,”andhedre
hise,itisoneokihadwasso
late.goodnight.
brotherurallyoupyyourattention,andcare.itrust thatishallsoonheargoodne.” ”goodnight,captainbarclay,”theeneralssaid,rdially, eachgivinghiheirhands;andralphdehishedark streetsforthereohishotel. he;andfoundthat,ifnot decidedlybetter,heleastersof charity,,saidthatthedoctorshadspoken hopefullyattheirlastvisit.ralphhadinteositupall night,butthenursesassuredhihatheuldbeofnouse, ever;andihathehanuseless,ashis preseedpercy.theytheelvesch,by tus. aglyralphillfelttheeffectsoftheld iersionofftobedandinspiteofthelatehourath hehadriseninutessoundasleep. chapter17:aballoonvoyage. for ... 【在阅读模式下不能自动加载下一页,请<退出阅读模式>后点击下一页阅读。】