heark”fortunately,fightingnowis</p>
notanaffairofspearsandbattleaxesagehasnothingtodoh</p>
shooting;andasforfatigue,bethefirstinthe</p>
rpstogiveup.”</p>
”istreallyapologizeverych,butihadhatyou</p>
uoodgern,orishouldnothavedeanyrerks,”thelady</p>
said,sling;”butsofeofalsace,do</p>
uanditthatitruckthatyouspokethelanguage.</p>
younseadvantagefor,outsidethetowns,you</p>
eetapersoandingfrench.butiaureyou</p>
stbeallveryhungry,andsupperisquiteready.”</p>
theyedataableeduponbythe</p>
daughterofthefalyheirhostandhostesssatand</p>
chatted,astotheirrps,ealon.</p>
”exarkuponyourpersonalappearahelady</p>
said,sling,”buttorelikealsatiansthan</p>
french.youhavethefairplexionandbrown,wavyhair.youdo</p>
notlooklikefren.”</p>
”norareyself,although</p>
frentuallyenglish.ourfatherisanenglish</p>
offiotherisfrend,asyousee,akeafter</p>
hiatherthanher.”</p>
”butihat,asyourfatherisenglish,heletsyougoout</p>
uponthisexpeditionhisveryperilous.”</p>
”hatis,houghtity,”ralphsaid;</p>
”andalthoughtheyourleaving,theybothagreed</p>
hus.”</p>
”iehesafeeling,”their</p>
hostsaidly.”yallantexaleshouldshahundredsof</p>
thousandsofloiterersandskulkers.</p>
”youspeakfrently.ishouldhavehadhatyou</p>
thean,</p>
thatyouian.”</p>
”forth</p>
any;aogetherhone</p>
ortervisits,inengland.”</p>
”anddoyouspeakenglishash”</p>
”ohyes,e.ourfatherdearule</p>
thatnse</p>
disadvaous,uedtoengland,ifhe</p>
slightestfrenotheowspeaksenglishaspurely</p>
alyasourfather.”</p>
”areyourfriendsaionsofyours”</p>
”theyareourusins,”ralphsaid;”theirfatherisourthers</p>
brother.”</p>
forsotiloheychatted,aheirhostsaid:</p>
”itishalfpastnine;andweareearlypeople,here.youwillhave</p>
tobeupbyfive,soithinkthatitistiyouobed.we</p>
shallselybeupp</p>
oable,hffeeingtogetherh</p>
sobreadandbutter.youelestorchbeforeyou</p>
breakfast.</p>
”andnoustallprosethat,ifyouetothisplace</p>
again,youestraightuphere,andlookuponitasyour</p>
ho.ifyougetillorhappenyou</p>
e;butsothingyouotsuffitly</p>
iortantforyoutoleavetherps,but</p>
straigh</p>
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