They had not gone two hundred yards when they were

suddenly attacked.

15. I looked right and left, but there was no weapon within my

reach.

16. The station is at least a quarter of an hour from the town.

ï. The captain, beating the air with his hands, dropped his

sword and fell on his back.

2. I received such a blow that I felt giddy and soon fainted away.

3. The zouaves, in a semicircle, were brandishing their guns in

the air.

4. An old gênerai, followed by his staff, arrived at a gallop.