nthefirstbagfordijon.inthisits
destinationost,ofitsleaving
orleans.
itonthfrohedateofthe
fightinanythankstohis
kindhostandhostess,andafterfahandsopresentupon
theralphstartedinapeasantsdressfor
hiororleans.hehadstillplentyofney;forhehad
drahereythousandfranparis.thegreater
portionofthisneyhehadpaidintothehandsofaba
tours,butperdhehadkeptoutahundredpoundseaowing
byexperienaseofbeingtakenprisoo
haveplentyofney.ralphsillbounduph
plaster,andtoarabbitskincaphflapshadbeen
boughtsothat,bylettingdouhe
,thegreaterpartofthecheeksovered.
thefarrhaddeinquiriesanghisneighborsand,findingone
togiveralphalifttothatplace.thestarthadbeeed
early,andithreeokheydroveintoorleans.here
ralphshookhandsasafejouey
hoandstrolledleisurelydohestreets.
orleaedaserableaspect.theinhabita
theelvesshutupintheirhouses,aschaspossible.thebishop
aprisoner,bytheprussians,inhisoroops
ost
part,inastateofpoverty;andtheshopswouldhavebeenall
shut,hadnottheprussiansorderedtheobekeptopen.the
streetsantroops,andlongtrainsofcarts
y.these
cartsthepeasantry,andly
takenieaheohe
opanythe
nyhesadseshesenvoys.thegriefofa
fatherdraggedaeofhiswifeand
children,duringhisabseheanguishofalaboreratseeing
hishorsefalldeadeans
oftakinghiscarthoagain;andthathehadnothingtodobutto
retutohisho,andtellhishatthehorseand
cartitutedhissolehweregone.
ralpheduntil,lateieoon,hesarainhalt
byohebridges.itlyintendingtocross,the
ing,andgodoethehorseswere
takenout,andfastenedbyhalterstothecarts;three
soldierstookuptheirpostsassentries,andthedriverswere
sufferedtoleavethegernsknohattherehanceof
theirdeserting,andleavingtheirhorsesandcarts.
thepoorfellhthetohosewhohadany
neyboughtfood.thoseans
allonorations,aheoshiftfortheelvesor
starveastheyliked.ralphjoinediionhagroupof
these,ingtheirhardshipstothree
syathetian,especially,ost
heartbroken.hisher
bedside.
”uldido”heasked,pitifully.”iyhorse
andcart
theyforever.odo”
nooneuldansbut,hepartyhadbrokenup,ralph
.
”houchareyourhorseandcarth”heasked.
”thehorseishfivehundredfrancs,”hesaid.”thecartisan
oldouch,
yousee,butitisallihave.”
”lookhere,oldn,”ralphsaid,”iaota
frener,anditogetdoheprussianoutposts,
buthoutpassesiuldon.besidesihavebeenwounded,
andaooohesevenhundredand
fiftyfrancshevalueofyourhorseandcart,andwill
takeyourplaceasdriver;sothatyoustartback,atoo
yourwife.doyouagree”
theoldnedhjoythatheburstintotears.
”godblessyou,sir,”hesaid.”youhavesavedlife,andpoor
oo.”
”veryisabargain,then,”ralphsaid.”hereishalfthe
ney.youshallhavetheresttorrow.
”noustgoetorrooing,atthehourfor
starting;aheoffichargethatianephewof
yourslivinghere,butoutofpresentandthatyouhave
arraodrivethecart,aslongasitsed,and
thentotakeithoagain.”
afterafeorebadsho
hisightkno,inthe
ing.
”artatdaybreak,”hesaid,”soyouhadbetterbehereby
halfpastsix.”
”wheredoyousleep”ralphasked.
”ioh,idontsleepch.iliedo,uhe
carts;andthenself.”
”takethisfuratofne,”ralphsaid.”itwillkeepyou
tonight,anyhoit;ishallgetabed
sowhere.”
theatheoneralphhaderbeing
hebraid,andthefurofthellarand
cuffstakenoff;andhadhaditpurposelydirtied,sothatitwas
nolarnttractattention,onthebackofa
nhacart.
aftersodifficulty,ralphgotabed;andtheagreedplace
attheappoii.theoldnuptotheprussiansergeant
innd,andtoldthetaleralphhaddi.the
sergeantagreedtothearra,an
handedralphhisthefurat;hralph
oingterlyld,and
ralphenfeebledbyhisillnessfeltitkeenly.inanotherfive
hecartsotionacrossthebridge,andthenaway
duesouth.
forhalfanhourralphhesideofhiscartandbeing,
bythatti,thhlyhejuedupiandrode,
durioftheday;gettingdo
tioheld.
ieoontheyarrivedatlaferte,sofifteenlesfrobr>
orleans.theretheyreinedforthenight.therevery
nytroopshere,andralphuldhaveobtainedabedbypayingbuthefearedtoattractattentionbythepossession
ofunusualfundsand,therefore,sleptinahayloft;afraid,in
spiteofhisfurat,tosleepintheopenair.
theirainyofthecartsgoi
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