【】eofit,yboysein
hotoh,sounpleasantlyhot,tolookatbutididnotthinkof
suchharsthis.faith,itisincredible.hat
youarryyourselftoanenglishn,isaidatonce:
”itisbad,harofit.theseenglishareislanders.
theyareetric.theyared.theyselltheirhe
rket,hardroundtheieck.”
”dearsisterinlars.barclayinterrupted,”ihavesooften
assuredyouthatthatabsurdstatentirelyfalse;anddue
onlytotheabsoluteignorance,ofouation,ofeverything
outsideitself.”
”ihavehearditoften,”daduburgon,positively.”they
areanationofsingularities.idoubtnotthatitistrue,hehas
hiddehfroou.trueorfalse,iad.
forthisiyfaith,ihavenotrriedanenglishn.
adnessofthisnationof
islanders
”thisisaid,arryanenglishn.
uldiigihati,also,eavictildi
supposethathusbandansensibleinstthingswouldalso
beed;thatboyswouldgrowuplikeyoungsavages,and
selvestogoouttosleephoutbeds,toh
lds,tohaverednosesandughs,perhapsevenfaithtobe
killedbytheballssyself:
”alivinginfranceaasleepadreanga,too,
d
”isaidtoself:
”ishallgotosisterinlaandofher,isit
possiblethatthesethingsaretrue”
”ifyouanbyallthis,sisterinlatruethatihave
edtoboysgoingouttofightforfraisquite
true,”s.barclaysaid,quietly.
daduburgsatdo,raisedherhands,and
noddedherheadslonly.
”shesaysitistrue,sheactuallysaysthatitistrue.”
”rs.bartinued,quietly.”they
arestrongenoughtocarryar,agooutto
defendtheiruntryinashortti,itislikelythateveryone
sisstheorely,itis
aterribletrial;butothereoseetheirsonsgoout,
i”
”beadaduburgsaid,
angrily;”been,becausetheirfather
isenglish;andstupidnlikehusbandheseyoung
englishboysgo,iteuponusforouroain
behind.
”,iaskyou,istheuseofbeingistheuseof
payingtaxesforanar,ifourboysstfightitisabsurd,it
isagainstreason,itisatrocious.”
daduburgsangerarancers.
barclay;ahervisitorshort.
”dearsisterinlaisofnousearguingortalking.i
nsider,rightlyorsofouruntrystand
beforeourprivatenvenience,orinnvenience.ifian,
ishouldcertainlygoouttofight;yboysdoso,
iftheyy,anditistoo
latetodraodosohisay,frankly,
thatidonot.”
daduburgtookherdeparture,choffendedand,lateinthe
evening,herhusbandandhadalongtalkhcaptain
bareinina
highstateofdelighttosaythattheirfatherhad,thating,
givenhisotheirgoing.
inthreedaysaftertheopeningofthelist,ahundredandty
nhadinsit
re.nuersherthanof
strength,eirelyignorantofdrill.for
suddenattaarber
islesshandashandspeed.anglargebodiesdiscipline
nseseverityupoofthe
officers;orbytheexistehatfeelingofdisciplineand
obedieo
litaryhabits.besideshedifficultyofobtaining
provisionsforalargebodyofnous.
indeed,allrps
intofourpanies,eaen;toaderonehead,and
tojoiheruponalloportantexpeditions;but
atothertistobedividedangvillages,atsueas
topany
sendingoutsutsandoutpostsinitsownneighborhood.
byfarthelargerproportionofthoseher
proprietors,orthesonsofproprietors,inandarounddijon.at
thattigoventhaddenent,ever,ng
franctireurs;andnopayherefore,available.theinvitation
herefore,especiallytothoseogooutupon
theiro,andattheiroherrecruitshad
beeni,astheseuldjointheregularford
reberintheir
nasall.thenostpart,picked
n;foresters,ters,andothershe
ongthefranctireurs,
tothepayandparativenotonyoftheregularservice.there
efortyofthesenangtherps,therestbeingall
abletoprovideatleasttheiroutfit.subscriptionshadein
rapidlyand,inaplesundequip
allthosenotabletodosofortheelves;andtoforlitary
chestsuffittopayforthefoodofthehe
field,forsoti.
eeting
e,thefutureradest.besidesralph
andperdtheirusins,thereothersof
theirschoolfriends,allladsofaboutsixteen.itwasan
iortantntintheirlives,selvesif
notactually,asgoingtodotheen.upon
thetableintherooi,
petook
hisseat.
asnyofthosepresentkhereonsiderable
buzzandtalkintheroountilcaptaiappedthetablefor
silendtheospeak.
”friends,”hebegan,”foriotcallyourades,until
youhaveforllyenteredyouasbeforeyouirrevocablyt
yourselvestothisaffair,ioknolyit
isthatodo.thision.i
ent,andagreat
dealoffighting;butiisetheh
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