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'It is to have his hair curled like that,' thought the
Lieutenant
of the 96th, 'that this damned idiot has been keeping us waiting.'
Julien, to whom his
Lieutenant
of the 96th had explained that to keep him waiting so long, after rudely flinging his card in his face, was an additional insult, strode boldly into M. de Beauvoisis's presence.
The
Lieutenant
of the 96th realised that M. de Beauvoisis was anxious to fight; he wished also, diplomatically enough, to preserve for his friend the advantages of the initiative.
The gentlemen made allusions to spicy anecdotes of which Julien and his second, the
Lieutenant
of the 96th, were entirely ignorant.
Julien's cab was waiting, but he found these gentlemen's conversation infinitely more amusing than that of the worthy
Lieutenant
of the 96th.
'Take care not to commit any fresh act of folly; here is a commission as
Lieutenant
of Hussars for M. le Chevalier Julien Sorel de La Vernaye.
That evening, when she informed Julien that he was a
Lieutenant
of Hussars, his joy knew no bounds.
He had joined as Lieutenant, without having ever been a Second Lieutenant, save on the muster-roll of a Regiment of which he had never even heard.
Though only just a Lieutenant, promoted by favour and after two days' service, he was already calculating that, in order to be Commander in Chief at thirty, at latest, like all the great Generals, he would need at three and twenty to be something more than
Lieutenant.
On the wall exactly opposite there was photograph of Gregor when he was a
lieutenant
in the army, his sword in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth respect for his uniform and bearing.
"Let me tell you," replied the captain, gravely, "a
lieutenant
colonelcy in the Guards is a very pretty thing."
"If I could but persuade you to exchange this old surtout for that handsome blue coat by your side, I think I never could witness a more agreeable metamorphosis, since I was changed myself from a
lieutenant
to a captain."
"He would make no bad ornament, suspended from one of those locusts before his own door," added the
lieutenant.
"She would do honor to the corps," replied the lieutenant, with some warmth.
You, a
lieutenant
of cavalry, with but one horse, and he none of the best!
"But Singleton's lieutenant, I am fearful, will fare better than yourself for this day's service."
"For the compliment, I might thank you," cried the
lieutenant
with a laugh; "but modesty forbids.
Then it was," added the lieutenant, with animation, "that we sent John Bull to the bushes.
A dozen of the men, with the
lieutenant
at their head, followed the impetuous Lawton, and their speed threatened the pursued with a sudden termination of the race.
The troop continued its march; but the captain and his
lieutenant
dismounted, and, followed by the servant of the former, they proceeded slowly to the door of the cottage.
The gift of Captain Wharton had not been lost on the youthful lieutenant; and a certain dancing motion that had taken possession of objects before his eyes, gave him warning of the necessity of recruiting nature by sleep.
He was accompanied by a small party of Lawton's troop, under the expectation that their testimony might be required to convict the prisoner; and Mason, the lieutenant, was in command.
"Thinking you might have forgotten the news brought this morning from below, sir, I have taken the liberty to order the detachment under arms," said the lieutenant, very coolly, cutting down with his sheathed saber the mullein tops that grew within his reach.
"On the heights above Sing Sing," returned the lieutenant, with no little amazement.
"Nay, nay," interrupted the lieutenant, "forgive me and my honest zeal.
"This is well," said the peddler; "but the difficult task is to deceive the officer who commands the guard - he is
lieutenant
to Lawton, and has learned some of the captain's own cunning in these things.
On observing his lieutenant, he fell back with habitual respect, and replied, with an air of puzzled thought,-"I don't know, sir; but just now the prisoner looked queer.
The attention of Mason was instantly drawn to the same object; and, forgetting all delicacy for a brother officer in distress, or, in short, forgetting everything but the censure that might alight on his corps, the
lieutenant
sprang forward and seized the terrified African by the throat; for no sooner had Caesar heard his color named, than he knew his discovery was certain; and at the first sound of Mason's heavy boot on the floor, he arose from his seat, and retreated precipitately to a corner of the room.
Neither the threats nor the blows could extract any reply, until the lieutenant, by a very natural transition in the attack, sent his heavy boot forward in a direction that brought it in direct contact with the most sensitive part of the negro - his shin.
"By heavens!" shouted the lieutenant, "it is the negro himself!
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