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【】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 ...