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The men rolled their eyes at the sight of the Chef de Poste, but they said no word; one took the head, the other the feet, and between them they carried the burden, led by their new commander, through the dwelling room, across the veranda and then across the yard. The rest of the soldiers were in a group near the gate.
Had there not been moments, during the last fortnight, when he stood, as it were, face to face with himself, and felt oddly abashed by a look in his own eyes? Before leaving his lodgings he had written on a piece of paper "Poste Restante, St. Jean de Luz, France," and had given it to Mrs. Wick, with the charge to forward immediately any letter or telegram that might arrive for him.
They asked me, several times, if I was suffering, and offered to go on to the poste de secours if I wanted them to. It was not heavy bombardment, but it would be safer to wait for a little while. I told them that I was ready to go on at any time, but not to hurry on my account; I was quite comfortable. The light glimmering down the stairway faded out and we were in complete darkness.
They have set up a petite poste, on the plan of our penny-post, with some improvements; and I am told there is a scheme on foot for supplying every house with water, by leaden pipes, from the river Seine.
At the extreme end of the town, close to the ancestral home of the Dantons, stands the straggling old-fashioned Hotel de la Poste, a hostelry, I should suppose, not in the least changed since the days of the great conventionnel. All here was bustle and excitement.
"I do not know that I am indebted to M. Taltavull for any matter, but I should be sorry to leave unrequited the interest he appears to take in my welfare. If he will send his address to 'Poste Restante, Cannes, Monte Carlo, or Hyères, I shall be proud to send him a delicate wedge of our wedding cake.
He was leaving the room, but returned. "I think you said you should stay at Coblenz before returning to England." "I shall probably be there a few days towards the end of the month." "Good. If I succeed, you shall hear from me. What is your address there?" "Poste restante will find me," I replied, not very covetous of the correspondence, and unwilling to give a more exact direction.
If you like to write to me, address Poste restante, Carlsruhe, where I shall be till July 1st. Your June 23rd, 1853 If I venture to trouble you with a few lines, my motive, I hope, will gain me your kind forgiveness.
At the Poste, most French and old-fashioned of French inns very spacious, very handsome, and scrupulously clean we found a charming landlady, to whom we carried friendly greetings from former visitors; and after tea and a little chat, the thunder and lightning having abated, we ventured forth.
Certainly there is nothing more easy than to do it. Yea, the like may be said of Weymouth, Purbeck, Poole, and of all landing-places on the south-west. For there is no man ignorant, that ships without putting themselves out of breath, will easily outrun the souldiers that coast them. 'LES ARMEES NE VOLENT POINT EN POSTE; 'Armies neither flye, nor run post, saith a marshal of France.
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