.ofurse,thereare
nyexceptionsand,inthelyceeofdijon,theseore
nurousthanusual.thisoagreatextent,tothe
influehetingoutoftheschool,atthe
presentnt.ralphandperlayareasoneseeat
firstsightenglish;thatistosay,theirfatherisenglish,and
theyhavetakenafterhiandnotaftertheirfrenchther.they
arefrenchbo,fortheyfirstsahelightattheprettyttage
ilesoutofthetotheir
father,upasenglishboys,and
theyhavebeenfortaschoolinengland.
theirexalehashadsoeffect.theirusins,louisand
philippeduburg,arealstasfondofes,
andoftakinglongralesforlesround,astheyaretheelves.
otherboyshavealsotakentotheseasentsand,nsequently,
youorehealthyfacesatthelycee
atdijonthanatstotherfrenhools.theboyswhojoinedin
thesegasfordasetintheelves,apartfroherest.they
ptuously,the
”savages;”butthislattea
beforetheirfaces,fortheyoungbarclayshadleaedtobox,in
england;andtheirusins,asheothers,had
practised.nsequently,althoughthe
”savages”ghtbe,andsbehindtheirbacks,
theoffensivenaheirhearing.
atthepresentnt,ralphbarclayheterofaknotof
ladsofhisownage.
”andso,youdontthinkthattoberlin,ralph
barclayyouthinkthattheseprussianloutsaregoingtobeatthe
frencharlooknoisalittlestrongtosaythat,ina
frenchtown.”
”butidontsaythat,atall,”ralphbarclaysaid.”youare
talkingasifitarchover
theprussians.isilysay,dooopositive.therebeno
doubtabouttheurageofthefrenchar;butpluck,alone,
do.thequestionis,areeneralsandanizationasgood
asthoseoftheprussiansandy,oranythinglike
asny,nintothefieldiatleasthalffrendhope
yheartthatans;butweknow
thattheyaregoodsoldiers,anditissafeottobegint,
tilltheworkisover.”
thereierralphceased
speaking.thefactightbe
defeatedhadneveronas
possible.theyobeangryhtheenglishboy
forstatingit;butithefirstplace,evidentnohat
theythoughtofit,thatitpossibleand,inthesend
place,aquarrelhralphbarclayhinghallhis
schoolfellowsavoided.
ralphbarclayeen,hisbrotherayearyouheir
father,erable
hreeyearsbeforetheoutbreakofthe
ndedbyhis
doctorstospendtheerihoffrahishedid
and,shortlyafterhisarrivalatpau,hehadfalleninloveh
lanieduburg;daughterofalandedproprietoeardijon,andwho
onthlaterhecalledupon
herfatheratdijonand,inthespring,theyarried.captain
barclayshalfpay,asllprivateine,alefortune
pletoenablehiolive
fortably,infrandthere,agly,hehadsettled
down.
hisfalynsistedofralph,perdadaughtercalled,after
herther,lanie,andhanpercy.it
hadalainbarclaysiiooengland,
eebusinessor
profession;andhehadkeptuphisenglishionbyseveral
visitsthere,ofsonthsduration,ily.the
boys,too,hadbeenfortschoolinenglandaswellas
fortanyandtheyspokethethreelanguagesh
equalfluency.
aprettierabodethanthatofcaptainbarclayto
find.iticularstyleofarture,andwouldhave
horrifiedaloverofthe.ithic,
andaltogetherfrench.ithadnurouslittlegables,ntaining
thefushapedlittleroo.ithadahighroof,h
projegeaves;androundthreesidesranaha
trellisrainedsubduingthe
glareofthesuersun,castingaolgreenshadeoverthe
sittingroo,andaffaprettyanddelightfullyol
retreat;rs.barclaygenerallysathheraught
lanie,vingroundthehousehthesun,soastobealwaysin
theshade.
thedrasbothopeothisverandatheroad
cauptothebackofthehouse;andupoherthreesides
prosebetheenglishandfrench
styles.ithadasoth,ohafechesof
brightfloixedupangthe
andbeyondthepsofthegracefulfoliagedplantsand
shrubsinhefrenchdelight.beyondhits
lohese,thevieretchedaothe
towersofdijon.
intheverandatheboys,upontheirretu,foundcaptainbarclay
readingthepapers,andsking.helookedupastheyentered.
”youarebackearly,boys.”
”yes,papa,thereuchtalkinggoingon,thattheprofessor
gaveitupashopeless.youhaveheardtheneourse”
”yes,boys,andaerysorrytohearit.”
captainbarclayspokesogravelythatralphasked,anxiously:
”dontyouthink,papa”
”iverydoubtful,ralph,”hisfathersaid.”prussiahas
alreadygainedanienseralvictory.shehaschosenherown
tiforeti,obligedfraakethe
initiative,andsotoappeartobetheaggressorandthereforeto
losetheralsupportofeurope.shehasforcedthisquarrelupon
frandyethsofeuropelookuponfrahe
iheoryhetruth,butithen
betoolate.asitis,fraersupohe
ofpublipiniondeadagainstherand,isers
uponitaltogetherunprepared;ting
ready,foryears.”
”butthefrenchalselvestobebettersoldiers
thantheprussians,papa.”
”sotheyhave,perdequallyiplined,and
anizedibelievethat,inanythinglikeequalforces,they
ionis,havewegenera
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