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The non-commissioned officer had only a few hundred francs left.
2. Although they appeared numerous and we were not armed, we advanced towards them.
3 Never mind, you must not .ake it so much in earnest.
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+ Did you ever mak + The thing, . Don’:
Cout on his way again with hurried step and lowered head, . How can you have had such a strange thought ? + Tam sure that they must have passed this way. + If you want me to listen to you, do not speak ir. riddles. + When I have received his answer, [Il show it to you.
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+ Come, in what way shall I begin ?
+ Had it not been for his bad conduct, he would have been an officer long ago.
+ The moment they saw each other, they took a dislike to each other.
+ Ï knew that it could not fail to be so.
+ The noise began again as soon as he had turned his head, . He who did it again was to be punished in an exemplary fashion.
they were
no Weapon within my reach.
. The station is at least a Quarter of an hour from the town,
+ The captain, beating the air with his hands, dropped his sword and fell on his back.
+ [received such a blow that I felt giddy and soon fainted away.
+ The zouaves, in a semicircle, the air.
+ An old general, followed by his staff,
3 were brandishing their guns in 5. I was wondering what I ought to do,
arrived at a gallop.
- You could not have come more opportunely,
9. You should not have exposed yourself to such risks. 10. I have done my best, but am not much
