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There was a momentous silence while Lieutenant Servin went to the end of the corridor and signed to the two waiting witnesses to come forward. The two men entered the commandant's office, facing Dumoulin in true military style. Dumoulin, reading out the names of the two witnesses from a paper, started his interrogation with a haughty air. "Hiloire?" "Present, Commandant." "What is your name?"
The soldier opened his eyes wide, and thinking he had to give his Christian name, stammered: "Justinien!" "What?" growled the commandant: "You are not called Hiloire?" The bewildered man attempted some confused explanations, from which it could be gathered that Hiloire was his surname and Justinien his baptismal name!
Do you even know why you are here?" After consulting each other with a look as to who should answer, Tarbottin explained: "It is the sergeant who told us that we were being sent to Paris to recognise Corporal Vinson well, then?" "Well," continued Hiloire: "we recognised him!" Then, speaking together, with an air of proud satisfaction: "Yes, we got our orders. We have carried them out!"
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