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See for yourself." He handed me the Official. Chatelain's displeasure became fairly exuberant. "Captain de Saint-Avit, Commandant of the Post. A post which has never had a slur upon it. They must take us for a dumping ground." My surprise was as great as the Sergeant's. But just then I saw the evil, weasel-like face of Gourrut, the convict we used as clerk.
"Henceforth," he said, "take care, I beg you, not to mix mementoes of your gallantry with the official papers." He added, with a smile that spoke insult: "It isn't necessary to furnish objects of excitation to Gourrut." "André," I said, and I was white, "I demand " He stood up to the full height of his stature. "Well what is it? A gallantry, nothing more.
"Tomorrow," I said to myself, "I shall request a change of station." The stairway of hard-packed earth was already black. But a few gleams of light still seemed palely prowling in the office when I entered. A man was sitting at my desk, bending over the files of orders. His back was toward me. He did not hear me enter. "Really, Gourrut, my lad, I beg you not to disturb yourself.
It is of the utmost importance to restock the larder." I went back to the office and motioned Gourrut to go. Left alone, I finished Mlle. de C 's letter very quickly, and then reread the decision of the Ministry giving the post a new chief.
If not, I give you my word of honor that, for a month, I shall not speak to you except on official business." Hassi-Inifel: thirty native Arabs and four Europeans myself, the Sergeant, a Corporal, and Gourrut. The threat was terrible. It had its effect. "All right, then, Lieutenant," he said with a great sigh.
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