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"He says," responded I gently, "that Jacques Dobrotte owes you ten francs and a leg of mutton, and that you are to give his great beaver coat to Gabord the soldier." "Ay, ay, Gabord the soldier, he that the English spy near sent to heaven." quavered the old man. The bitter truth was slowly dawning upon the wife. She was repeating my words in a whisper, as if to grasp their full meaning.
He was the soldier whom Gabord had sent as messenger to Voban the night I was first taken to the citadel. "Shall I carry word for you to any one?" asked I. There was a slight pause; then he said, "Tell my Babette Jacques Dobrotte owes me ten francs and a leg of mutton. Tell my Babette to give my coat of beaver fur to Gabord the soldier.
He was the soldier whom Gabord had sent as messenger to Voban the night I was first taken to the citadel. "Shall I carry word for you to any one?" asked I. There was a slight pause; then he said, "Tell my Babette Jacques Dobrotte owes me ten francs and a leg of mutton. Tell my Babette to give my coat of beaver fur to Gabord the soldier.
"He says," responded I gently, "that Jacques Dobrotte owes you ten francs and a leg of mutton, and that you are to give his great beaver coat to Gabord the soldier." "Ay, ay, Gabord the soldier, he that the English spy near sent to heaven." quavered the old man. The bitter truth was slowly dawning upon the wife. She was repeating my words in a whisper, as if to grasp their full meaning.
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