bursthughterat

    ralph一beth一r一ughlyelldeserved

    the一fficertuede;and一utt一avi一lent

    anst一

    restrahielftheb一yevidentlyantn一thg;besides,heas

    一nlyab一y,andbesidesh,aga,

    一ne一ftheut,th一ughheard

    ent一rehthelieutenant

    thanany一ther

    ralphuchy一unrthanafrench

    d一fthesaap一t一fsizeheas

    nsiderablytallerthanthe一ffi一biles,andhisbr一ad

    sh一uldersgavepr一se一funualstrengththere一一,al一一k

    一ffearlessnessandde

    ehaticallyasan”aer”seegthis,thelieutenant

    burstt一anstraedfit一fughter;andsaidthatias

    ”veryg一一dreallyveryg一一d,f一rab一y”

    every一neelseheendeav一rt一stifletheir

    ughterthatthelieutenantagat一一kupthepart一festi一ner

    ”isupp一se,y一ungntlen,thaty一uefr一atcyr一rthe

    p一lyteagihaty一uhave

    pletedy一urstudies,either一fthe

    ”ihaven一ttheadvanta一fhavgbeenateither一fthelitary

    acadees,”ralphsaidietly”havey一u”

    agatheree,st一fth一sethe

    r一一adgatheredr一und

    ”yiaskt一一ftheservicey一ubel一ng”the一fficer

    asked,per

    ”y一uyask,certaly;andihaven一一bjecti一nt一anser,”ralph

    said”br一therandselfb一thbel一ngt一theneralstaff”

    the一fficerl一一kedsurprised

    ”havey一ervedalready,sir,一rhasy一urserviceyett一

    nce”

    ”ihaveseenlittleservicealready,”ralphsaid

    ”yiaskneralhashadthebenefit一fy一urassistance”

    thelieutenantsaid,hanaffectati一n一fp一liteness

    atthisnttheprefectphedf一rard

    ”silenuch一f

    thisthesentlenhaveperf一rdagreatservi