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At the passage of the bridge over the Kolowdnia, which had been badly repaired, General Gudin, whose well-regulated valour loved to confront none but useful dangers, and who besides was not a bold rider, had alighted from his horse to cross the stream, when, at that moment, a cannon-ball skimming the surface of the ground, broke both his legs.

Then Marche-a-Terre went to the lady and the priest, and offered them each about six thousand francs. "Can I conscientiously accept this money, Monsieur Gudin?" said the lady, feeling a need of justification. "Why not, madame?

'Comrade, say I, 'the army thanks you for your courtesy. 'Brother, he say, 'twas to your drum, and his eye flash out where Gudin carved his way through those pigs of Prussians. 'I'd take my head off to keep your saddle filled, comrade, say I. Ping! come a bullet and catch me in the calf. 'You hold your head too high, brother, the general say, and he smile.

Still, the benefits of the Revolution which were better understood and appreciated in the towns, party spirit, and a certain national delight in war, had a great deal to do with their ardor. Hulot, much gratified, was going through the ranks and getting information from Gudin, on whom he was now bestowing the confidence and good-will he had formerly shown to Merle and Gerard.

"Hey, Monsieur Gudin, if it gets into the pockets of your Reverence, they won't be weighed down with it." When the Blues marched by, after the encounter on La Pelerine, they were in such haste to reach Ernee that they passed the little inn without halting. At the sound of their hasty march, Gudin and the innkeeper, stirred by curiosity, went to the gate of the courtyard to watch them.

The generals must have thought I was crazy, but as soon as they had gone, the officers of the regiment gathered round the colonel and Captain B *, and soon realised what had happened. They laughed as I had done, but in easier circumstances. In the evening, the commandant Blancheville attended a reception given by Madame Gudin.

Madame du Gua, the Abbe Gudin, Major Brigaut, the Chevalier du Vissard, the Baron du Guenic, and the Comte de Bauvan raised the cry of "Vive le roi!" For a moment the other leaders hesitated; then, carried away by the noble action of the marquis, they begged him to forget what had passed, assuring him that, letters-patent or not, he must always be their leader.

Gudin talked much about his debts, as if they were feathers in his cap, and as for his law- suits, they are jewels in his crown!

I shall probably send this gentleman out of the door of my house; therefore see that only brave men are there to meet him; for," she added, with a sigh, "no one denies him courage; he will assuredly defend himself." "Gudin!" called the commandant.

Behold, then, your invalid, surrounded by these celebrated artists, reclining on a chaise-longue, a table with tisanes and remedies near by, and the four painters painting. Gudin is painting a seascape; Bierstadt, a picture of California; Beaumont, of course, his graceful ladies and cherubs. It amused me to see how differently they painted.