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you are going away to the war. Oh! do not go! do not go!\"

The Emperor, much moved, passed his fingers through the clustering ringlets of the child, and said, tenderly,

\"My child, this is not the first time that I have been to the war. Why are you so afflicted? Do not fear for me. I shall soon come back again.\"

\"Oh! my dear uncle,\" exclaimed the child, weeping convulsively; \"those wicked Allies wish to kill you. Let me go with you,


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you are going away to the war. Oh! do not go! do not go!\"

The Emperor, much moved, passed his fingers through the clustering ringlets of the child, and said, tenderly,

\"My child, this is not the first time that I have been to the war. Why are you so afflicted? Do not fear for me. I shall soon come back again.\"

\"Oh! my dear uncle,\" exclaimed the child, weeping convulsively; \"those wicked Allies wish to kill you. Let me go with you,


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