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Updated: May 6, 2025
And till dinner-time she tramped some of the old roads of her college days more girlish than those days had found her, lighter-footed, she thought, than before. The flush was still in her cheeks as she served her hungry tableful, and she could not fail to catch the meaning of their frank stares.
The majority belonged to the militia, men of peaceful pursuits, retired tradespeople, sinking under the weight of their accouterments; quick-witted little moblets as prone to terror as they were to enthusiasm, as ready to attack as they were to fly; and here and there a few red trousers, remnants of a company mowed down in one of the big battles; somber-coated artillerymen, side by side with these various uniforms of the infantry, and now and then the glittering helmet of a heavily booted dragoon who followed with difficulty the march of the lighter-footed soldiers of the line.
But there was a sound of disappointment in her voice. Till now Maurice had always shared her Sicilian enthusiasms, had even run before them, lighter-footed than she in the race towards the sunshine. It was difficult to accommodate herself to this abrupt change. "But don't let us think of going to-day," she added. "Remember I have only just come back." "And I!" said Artois.
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