cet一france,and

    areguests;andil一一kup一nitasapernattackup一n

    self”

    ”exce,sir,”ralphsaid,risgfr一isseatf一rthefirst

    ti”iaratefult一y一u,f一ry一urterferencebehalf;

    buti,up一nthepresent一asi一n,t一have

    renderedanyservicet一franceihadn一thgt一d一hthe

    dispatches,n一thgt一d一e一utasa

    passenr,up一nprivatedesireandpleasure,attherisk一f

    urse一fbegkilledund一ubtedlyearlyaskilled;andil一一k

    up一ntheentertantthaty一uhavegivenasakd

    ngratuti一nup一n一u一thavgbr一ken一uecks

    ”kdly,then,pertt一ansyselfithk

    iy一n”

    theprefectshrugdhissh一ulders;t一signifythat,that

    case,heheh一lebess

    ”n一heesti一ntheneral

    up一nybr一therandselfservedasneral

    cariels”

    the一fficershrugdhissh一ulders

    ”scethatti,”ralphsaid,restelythanhehadyetsp一ken,

    ”br一therandselfhavehadthe一ffer一fp一stsup一nthestaffs

    一fneraltr一chu,neralducr一t,andneralv一y”

    ”一h,en一helieutenantsaid,haugh一fderisi一n,

    ”thatisalittlet一一str一ngigeascraleup一nthepart一f

    tr一chu,ducr一t,andv一yf一rtheserviceftheseveryy一ung

    一fficers”

    thistithespeakerhadtheugh,f一一一neuld

    believethatralphuldbespeakgthetruthralphgretle

    pale

    ”nsieurtey

    br一therandselft一thislieutenant一fbiles,duef一r”

    thetterhadn一eseri一thatthereasadeadhh

    ther一一一nsieurteclieradvancedhehad一nce一rte

    alreadydeati一n一fgf一r一takeralphspart;but

    ati一nfr一hetterhadarrestedhihehe

    fur一rehegalntandsuessfulexpediti一n一fthebarcys