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It had its comic side. "Are there any brigands?" inquired Mrs. Coldfield. She was beginning to doubt this expedition. "Brigands? Plenty," said the admiral, "but they are all hotel proprietors these times, those that aren't conveniently buried. From here we go to Carghese, where we spend the night, then on to Evisa, and another night. The next morning we shall be on the ground.
At Carghese they would remain till sunrise; that was final. Besides, it was not safe at night, without moonshine, for many a mile of the road lipping tremendous precipices was without curb or parapet. Not a foot till dawn. In the little auberge, dignified but not improved by the name of Hôtel de France, there was room only for the two women and the older men.
Ten minutes later Carlo came in, hat in hand, curious. "Carlo," began the Frenchman, leaning on his elbows, his sharp eyes boring into the mild brown ones of the Corsican, "we shall not return to Carghese to-morrow but the day after." "Not return to-morrow?" cried Carlo dismayed. "Ah, but the signore does not understand. We are engaged day after to-morrow to carry a party to Bonifacio.
Racing his horses all through the night, scouring for fresh ones at dawn and finding them, and away again, climbing, turning, climbing round this pass, over that bridge, through this cut, thus flew Breitmann, the passion of haste upon him. By this tremendous pace he succeeded in arriving at Evisa before the admiral had covered half the distance to Carghese.
"On the way back to Carghese, we should have been stopped. We were to be quietly but effectively suppressed till our Napoleon set sail for Marseilles." M. Ferraud bowed. He had no more to add. The admiral shook his head. He had come to Corsica as one might go to a picnic; and here he had almost toppled over into a gulf!
"That is because he is mine," explained M. Ferraud in a whisper. They were all capable horsemen, and on this journey spared their horses only when absolutely necessary. The great American signori were in a hurry. They arrived at Carghese at five in the afternoon. The admiral was for pushing on, driving all night. He stormed, but the drivers were obdurate.
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