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It drove a little fine snow before it, but Lisle plodded steadily on, explaining that any deer which might be in the neighborhood would have gone down into the sheltered valleys. He had no doubt they would find one of the valleys, for they were generally numerous.
It is not to be expected in a country so priest-ridden as this, that a statue to Rouget de Lisle should be erected in his native town; but surely an inscription, merely stating the fact, might be placed on the house wherein he first saw the light.
Send the girl to me to-night." The men saluted and turned. "And Watson, you might put a little misery into your face and commiserate with Mistress Lanison on her position. It might interest her to hear the story of Alice Lisle of Winchester. She is high-spirited, and I would have that spirit broken." "I will play Jeremiah, sir, like any Puritan." "And Sayers, keep your eyes open in Dorchester.
On the second, Lord Fairfax offered exchange for Sir William Masham in particular, and afterwards for other prisoners, but the Lord Goring refused. 5th. The besieged sallied with two regiments, supported by some horse, at midnight; they were commanded by Sir George Lisle.
The owners of Lisle Court had for several generations possessed the dominant interest in the county town. The colonel himself meddled little in politics, and was too fine a gentleman for the drudgery of parliament.
You allus lays eberyting on to me, Missis, when I'se jes as in'cent " "I wish to hear none of your palaver. You have stolen from me repeatedly; you know you have been just as hateful as you could be ever since ever since Joe went away." Mrs. Lisle had not designed this reference to Joe. Any mention of his name only made Kizzie more intractable.
Officers and men alike were in the highest spirits, and not the least pleased was Lisle, who had begun to tire of the monotony of camp life. The mention of the place at which they were to assemble put an end to the discussion, that had long taken place, as to route to be followed.
In his last visit to Lisle Court, which he had then crowded with all manner of fine people, he had seen the very first morning after his arrival seen from the large window of his state saloon, a great staring white, red, blue, and gilt thing, at the end of the stately avenue planted by Sir Guy Maltravers in honour of the victory over the Spanish armada.
The defenders were all lying down, each of them having chosen a position where he could see through a crevice between the rocks. Lisle was lying next to the sergeant. Presently the latter gave an exclamation, fired his rifle, and shifted his position behind the rock. "Mutteh Ghar," he said, "I have seen you bring down three of the skulking ruffians.
De Lisle hardly halted at Calvinia, but pushed onwards to Williston, covering seventy-two miles of broken country in forty-eight hours, one of the most amazing performances of the war. Quick as he was, the Boers were quicker still, and during his northward march he does not appear to have actually come into contact with them.
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