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This M. de Landsmath was an old soldier, who had given proofs of extraordinary valour; nothing had been able to soften his manners or subdue his excessive bluntness to the respectful customs of the Court. The King was very fond of him.
'Come, said Landsmath, 'your wound is nothing; you had plenty of waistcoats and flannels on. Then uncovering his breast, 'Look here, said he, showing four or five great scars, 'these are something like wounds; I received them thirty years ago; now cough as loud as you can. The King did so.
This M. de Landsmath was an old soldier, who had given proofs of extraordinary valour; nothing had been able to soften his manners or subdue his excessive bluntness to the respectful customs of the Court. The King was very fond of him.
"The King learned that Landsmath had lost his confessor, a missionary priest of the parish of Notre-Dame. It was the custom of the Lazarists to expose their dead with the face uncovered. Louis XV. wished to try his equerry's firmness. 'You have lost your confessor, I hear, said the King.
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