”thisisindeediortant,”thejorsaid.”buthothe
infortionisitcertain”
”quiteasteratgrunsdorfa
villagesoheuedtraitor;aa
lettertothegeneral,bargainingthatheshouldbetakenonasa
spy,atsofabuloussalary,andtobeginbyleadingthe
troopstothevillagehesefranctireursarehidden.”
”aninfaussuhejorsaidly.”ofurse,one
otrefusetodealationisof
iortan.badly
asthefrenanyparticulars,sihewar
began,thereisnotoneesuas
thenuerofoffersation,
araytheiruntryn.”
”putonyourboots,percy,”ralphsaid,inaloe
forustobeoff.donthurry;andaboveall,iftheyshouldtake
itintotheirheadstoaddressussuddenlyinfrench,lish,
dontstartorseeonotice.”
thejorationhehad
receivedandsohattheenglish,inhadbeen
told,ightoverhearitthat
hepaidnoattentiontotheboysliing
badlyslohestreet;stopping,oasionally,tolook
inattheshopuntiltheyside
thetoaries,thattheyeither
spokeorquiedtheirpace.
”thefranaythanktheirluckystarsthatthey
sentdoosaveetoday,perdespeciallythatwe,of
alltheersoftherps,ed.ifbeen
ont,andifuood
english,itistake.”
”oussundrel,asthejorsaid,thatsaster
stbe,ralphndantwilldo”
”hehasnothingtodobuttoretreat,asquicklyasango,
percy;butifitstshialftherps,ihopehehat
saster,befoes.”
”ihopeso,too,”percysaid;andselyanotherwordoken,
untiltheyreachedthevillage.
itpewas
drillingthepanieshavingarrived
thating,
approachedhi
jorteeheastheycaup.
”youarebadrill.iwill
seeyouatquarters,isover.”
”ifyouplease,jor,”ralphsaid,respectfully,”youhadbetter
disssthen,atonceto
tellyou.”
thejorlookedsurprisedbut,seeingbytheboysfacesthatthe
neissedthen;tellingthebr>
tokeepnear,astheyghtbeed.then,callinghisofficers,
heproceededatohebarclaystoers.
”excuse,jor,”ralphsaid,”butinsteadofgoingtoyour
quarters,ovetosoopenspaspeak
houtapossibilityofbeingoverheardbyanyone”
stillresurprised,jorteeledtheefelledtrees
attheedgeoftheforest,ashortdistancefrohevillage.here
hesatdootioheotherstodothesa.ralphthen
toldhisstory,interruptednytisbyexclationse,
upoofhisauditors;andgivingfullcredittopercyfor
hisideaoftheplanbyaoget
anofficers.thefuryofthefrench
officersknepedupand
dosheerrage.
jortee,aloerednorerkduringtheion.
ihhis
lipspressedtogether,andalookofdeepindignationonhisface.
thenherose,andsaidinasoletone:
”assureasthesunshines,andassureasnaisedpe,
sosureshallthatsaster,ofgrunsdorf,behungbefore
torrooing
”lieutenantribouville,ordertheasselytobesounded,andforbr>
thenhereinhollowsquare.
”ssieursbarclay,youpany.”
alittlesurprisedandhurtthatthendanthadsaidnoword
ofndationtothefortheserviedthe
boyshurriedofftotheirquarters,togettheirrifles.
”sure,sterralph,andatter,atall”tioyle
said,astheyentered.”surethejor,hon,sthavegone
offhishead,entirelyselyhadale,and
begantoskethefirstpipeinaiseandfort,hebugle
blowsforparade.
”nfoundthebuglesaysi,andishovedpipeaside,andput
oandfellin.
”hardlyhadaneuverswhenyourhonorsarrivedand
saidaajor.theoutofyour
uthbeforehedisssesusfrorill.
”botherationsaysi,istherenopacefortheked
”baebeltandpilesfirelock;
andbeforeihadgotthreedraepipe,andbeginning
toenjoythecreeturbly
again.sureandthejor,hon,haslosthisheadentirely;
anditsapity,forheisan,andagoodofficer,
saysi.”
parade.youe,ihavenodoubt.” iesthenbledinahollowo deep,faensaohe faajorteeandtheofficers,thatsothingveryserious hadhappened;andtheyhadnosooakentheirplacesthanthere ancy,foritthatthe ndant. ”n,”hesaid,afterapauseofa calatyhashappened;andastillgreateronewouldhavehappened, hade.ithadbeen resolvedasyouhisevening,hadallgone aries,andblow uptheronelofsavee.theaffair,but italservicetofrandthefranctireurs ofdijoed,andobtaihethanksofall frapanies detachedfrosalled. ”allprosedberhadbeendown intosavee,indisguise,andhadbroughtusfullinfortion respey.allwas prepared,theessfavorable,andthef ... 【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。】