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Some of the troopers laid their hands on their swords, but no one moved, and only the Captain spoke. 'MILLE DIABLES! he swore. 'What is all this about? Are you mad, sir? 'Mad or sane! I cried furiously. 'Lay on another lash, and you shall repent it. For an instant there was a pause of astonishment. Then, to my surprise, the Captain laughed laughed loudly. 'Very heroic, he said.
Some were bearded, others were beardless, some were grinning and showing frightful teeth, others had thick-lipped, pouting mouths hideously debased. A few were really bons diables, who seemed determined to be gay, and to joke under the most trying circumstances; but the greater number had morose faces, puckered by the long agony of bearing up the church.
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