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to acquaint his master that a brigadier had just entered the yard with four of his men , who undoubtedly had come to refresh themselves . He asked if he should also give their horses a mouthful of hay , in case they appeared to desire it , even if they were not inclined to pay for it . " Without doubt , Michel , certainly , " replied Pierre Renard ,
" we can refuse these brave men nothing . And precisely at the moment in which I have been telling this gentleman that the soldiers never come here , for fear of having to pay their reckoning , here they are to prove that I have not told the truth . " " Rosa , quick , my child , rinse these glasses for these merry fellows , that I may have the pleasure of regaling them , in return for the news they may bring us upon the subject on which w e have just been speaking . " Whilst the charming girl obeyed her father ' s command
with her usual grace , the soldiers entered the room , where they were well received ; they saluted the company , and gave a cordial good-day to the host ; but , in accepting his wine , they did not satisfy his curiosity , as they could tell him nothing more than he already knew as well as themselves . The most recent affair was the plunder of a farm , about
three-quarters of a mile from us , which the miscreants had completed by cutting the throats of the farmer and his family , consisting of five persons , as well as of his three servants ; but this catastrophe had happened a fortnight before , and the gens d'armes declared they had learnt nothing subsequent to this event ; they could therefore only tell of their
fruitless search to discover the assassins . They spoke with eulogy upon the activity of the under-prefect of Peronne , and that of M . le procureur du Roi , of Amiens , without prejudice to the compliments they paid themselves for the zeal they had manifested in their search . " And this has lasted for four years" observed Rosa ' s
, father , clenching his fists with the air of a man extremely exasperated . " Alas ! yes , " sighed the officer ; "these are no common felons . "
"And to say that I have never had the happiness to see them , " added Pierre Renard in the same tone , his formidable fists continuing their menacing gestures . " You ought rather to congratulate yourself than to complain , " I observed ; " for what could you do alone ^ against nine or ten miscreants , above all , if they surprised you in your sleep , as it appears it is their habit to do ? "
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Santerre. *
to acquaint his master that a brigadier had just entered the yard with four of his men , who undoubtedly had come to refresh themselves . He asked if he should also give their horses a mouthful of hay , in case they appeared to desire it , even if they were not inclined to pay for it . " Without doubt , Michel , certainly , " replied Pierre Renard ,
" we can refuse these brave men nothing . And precisely at the moment in which I have been telling this gentleman that the soldiers never come here , for fear of having to pay their reckoning , here they are to prove that I have not told the truth . " " Rosa , quick , my child , rinse these glasses for these merry fellows , that I may have the pleasure of regaling them , in return for the news they may bring us upon the subject on which w e have just been speaking . " Whilst the charming girl obeyed her father ' s command
with her usual grace , the soldiers entered the room , where they were well received ; they saluted the company , and gave a cordial good-day to the host ; but , in accepting his wine , they did not satisfy his curiosity , as they could tell him nothing more than he already knew as well as themselves . The most recent affair was the plunder of a farm , about
three-quarters of a mile from us , which the miscreants had completed by cutting the throats of the farmer and his family , consisting of five persons , as well as of his three servants ; but this catastrophe had happened a fortnight before , and the gens d'armes declared they had learnt nothing subsequent to this event ; they could therefore only tell of their
fruitless search to discover the assassins . They spoke with eulogy upon the activity of the under-prefect of Peronne , and that of M . le procureur du Roi , of Amiens , without prejudice to the compliments they paid themselves for the zeal they had manifested in their search . " And this has lasted for four years" observed Rosa ' s
, father , clenching his fists with the air of a man extremely exasperated . " Alas ! yes , " sighed the officer ; "these are no common felons . "
"And to say that I have never had the happiness to see them , " added Pierre Renard in the same tone , his formidable fists continuing their menacing gestures . " You ought rather to congratulate yourself than to complain , " I observed ; " for what could you do alone ^ against nine or ten miscreants , above all , if they surprised you in your sleep , as it appears it is their habit to do ? "