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The police had passed here an hour earlier, and had gone off towards Saint-Thomas, led astray by some peasants; in their haste they had not even taken the precaution of leaving a few men behind to guard the pit.
"You would have done better to stay at home and guard your property."
A fine guard, that poor creature worn out by blows!
He belonged to the guard of sixty men who were protecting the Voreux, and as this cruel sentry-duty frequently came round, he had before nearly stayed there for good with his dead feet.
The sentinel was about to be relieved, and he went away, running off to bury himself at Réquillart, his heart crushed once more by the certainty of defeat; while the little scamp who ran beside him was accusing that dirty beast of a trooper of having called out the guard to fire at them.
He trembled lest the guard at the Voreux had heard the sentinel's stifled cry, and looked towards the pit every time the moon was uncovered.
But as they passed along the canal it reappeared brightly, and it was a miracle that the guard did not see them.
Twice she stumbled against the Voreux, but terrified at the loud voices of the guard, she ran away out of breath, looking behind her to see if she was being pursued.
My orders are to guard the pit, and I shall guard it.
At this end of the gallery the gang formed a sort of advance guard at the very extremity of the mine, now without communication with the other stalls.
That's why I'll keep on my guard, sir."
Such thoughts hadn't previously crossed my mind, and I was determined to keep on my guard.
Madrepores, which one must guard against confusing with precious coral, clothe their tissue in a limestone crust, and their variations in structure have led my famous mentor Professor Milne-Edwards to classify them into five divisions.
However, I'm opposed to being devoured, even in all decency, so I'll keep on my guard, especially since the Nautilus's commander seems to be taking no precautions.
The coxswain pronounced a few words in his bizarre language, and no doubt he alerted his men to keep on their guard.
"Why not?""Because Captain Nemo recognizes that we haven't given up all hope of recovering our freedom, and he'll keep on his guard, above all in seas within sight of the coasts of Europe."
More tranquil and less fearful than their northern relatives, they posted no sentinels on guard duty at the approaches to their campsite.
The tax-collector was thus trying to hide the fright he had had, for a prefectorial order having prohibited duckhunting except in boats, Monsieur Binet, despite his respect for the laws, was infringing them, and so he every moment expected to see the rural guard turn up.
We don't speak on the first floor as on the fourth; and the wealthy woman seems to have, about her, to guard her virtue, all her banknotes, like a cuirass in the lining of her corset.
But at this moment the rural guard seized him by the collar.
This gown was in his eyes the advance guard of Paris.
Who was to command the Guard of Honour?
Madame de Renal wanted a new coat, and she had but four days in which to send to Besancon, and to procure from there the uniform, the weapons, the hat, and all the other requisites for a Guard of Honour.
'I supposed you to have been corrupted by the vanity of the world,' said the old man, shedding tears of joy; 'this quite redeems the childishness of that dazzling guard of honour uniform which made you so many enemies.'
He was obliged, nevertheless, obeying Madame de Renal's orders, to attend several dinners of this sort; Julien was the fashion; people forgave him his uniform and the guard of honour, or rather that imprudent display was the true cause of his success.
You will have to see that your conscience is on its guard against this weakness: _Undue sensibility to vain outward charms_.
However intelligent a girl may be, she cannot be on her guard for ten years against the flattery of an entire convent, especially when it appears to be so well founded.
'But why!' she said to herself presently, 'would it not have been worse to have made no impression upon the cold egoism of a priest sated with the enjoyment of power?'Dazzled by this rapid and unexpected avenue to the episcopate that was opening before his eyes, astonished at Mathilde's intelligence, for a moment M. de Frilair was off his guard.
K. was approached by a security guard, identifiable mainly by his sword, of which the scabbard seemed to be made of aluminium.
The guard had come because of the shouting and asked what had been happening.
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