Hortense

he did not pay attention to me. The soldiers at the guard-house appeared surprised at my dress, and a drummer turned around several times to look at me. I placed the plank before my face, but they appeared to be so curious that I thought I should never escape them until I heard them cry, 'Oh, it is Bernard!'

\"Once outside, I walked quickly towards the road of St. Quentin. Charles, who the day before had engaged a carriage,


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he did not pay attention to me. The soldiers at the guard-house appeared surprised at my dress, and a drummer turned around several times to look at me. I placed the plank before my face, but they appeared to be so curious that I thought I should never escape them until I heard them cry, 'Oh, it is Bernard!'

\"Once outside, I walked quickly towards the road of St. Quentin. Charles, who the day before had engaged a carriage,


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