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If you had done so, I might be able to get at the bottom of this affair and discover the guilty jokers; as it is, you and your associates complicated matters so that I do not seem able to do much of anything." Having spoken thus plainly, Lieutenant Gordan turned on his heel, and left the professor in anything but a pleasant frame of mind.
Professor Gunn was very indignant to think the culprits could not be discovered. "It is a disgrace to the school!" he told Lieutenant Gordan. "Just look at my face, sir! I am a picture!" The lieutenant did not crack a smile. "You have no one but yourself to blame for your condition, sir," he said. "Eh? eh? How's that? how's that?" sputtered Professor Gunn. "I don't think I understand you, sir."
De Gordan had been occupied in strengthening the work, but since his death the nephew had entirely neglected the task. On the land side, the bridge of Nivelet was the key to the place. The faubourg was held by two Dutch companies, under Captains Le Gros and Dominique, who undertook to prevent the entrance of the archduke's forces.
In a very few seconds Lieutenant Gordan, the regular army officer at the academy, came marching briskly down the street in the dusk, his face so red that it almost seemed to glow like a light. Stopping short in front of the lone plebe, he called: "Sir!" Ephraim kept on with "An' there he saw the boys an' gals Ez thick ez hasty poodin'." "Sir!" came sharply from the lieutenant.
Lieutenant Gordan made a rigid investigation of the racket caused by the "centipedes," but he failed to fasten the blame firmly on any one. Not one of the boys who knew the facts would expose Merriwell, and both Barney and Hans, discovering their wounds were not fatal, grinned and declared they were not sure there had been anything in their beds, but they thought they had felt something.
The city had been long governed by De Gordan, but this wary and experienced commander had unfortunately been for two years dead. Still more unfortunately, it had been in his power to bequeath, not only his fortune, which was very large, but the government of Calais, considered the most valuable command in France, to his nephew, De Vidosan.
"There," he finally whispered, with satisfaction, "that would fool Lieutenant Gordan himself." They donned trousers and coats, and prepared to leave the room in their stocking feet. Bart opened the door and peered cautiously out into the hall. "Coast is clear," he whispered over his shoulder. In another moment they were outside the room.
I wonder what Lieutenant Gordan would say if he knew what one of his particular pets has been up to! We'll see who is best man in this affair. Bring that water!" "I I don't want to, sir." "Well, it doesn't make any difference about that; you'll bring it, whether you want to or not. If you don't, I will "
Hodge had convinced Lieutenant Gordan that Bascomb had suddenly become deranged, and had succeeded in having the search instituted without telling the real cause of the disappearance.
De Gordan had been occupied in strengthening the work, but since his death the nephew had entirely neglected the task. On the land side, the bridge of Nivelet was the key to the place. The faubourg was held by two Dutch companies, under Captains Le Gros and Dominique, who undertook to prevent the entrance of the archduke's forces.
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