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Your work, therefore, may be considered as done and, as your position in the mountains must soon become untenable, it would be well if you, at once, withdraw all your forces into Portugal." Moras also received a despatch signed by Lord Wellington himself, thanking him warmly for the services he had rendered.
Each sergeant received one hundred and fifty livres, or one hundred livres with one year's provisions. The officers also were given liberal endowments. Among them were: Captains de Contrecoeur, de Saint-Ours, de Sorel, Dugue de Boisbriant, Lieutenants Gaultier de Varennes and Margane de la Valtrie; Ensigns Paul Dupuis, Becard de Grandville, Pierre Monet de Moras, Francois Jarret de Vercheres.
I shall speak to Clotilde in a moment. She is going to see her daughter this afternoon. Come and dine with us to-night; but summon up all your courage, for, after all, success is very uncertain." Monsieur de Lucan found it no difficult task to gain the cause of Monsieur de Moras with Clotilde.
I would take the matter in hand myself but, being in command here, I must consider the duty with which I am intrusted before a question of private friendship." Moras presently came in to see Terence and, when the latter told him what he wanted, he undertook at once to obtain every detail possible as to the place of Ryan's confinement.
"It has been a matter of duty, as well as pleasure," the other replied courteously; "for Moras committed the task of freeing you to my hands." "I have just been telling Senor Ryan," the other said, "that you found it somewhat more difficult than you expected." "Yes, indeed.
I was with Moras, and we gave the French a regular scare." "Then it was you, senor! We heard that an English officer was in command of the troops who cut all the roads, and took numbers of French prisoners, and defeated 5000 of their troops and, as they said, nearly captured Valladolid and Burgos." "That was an exaggeration, Nita.
It was agreed to return to the top of the hill on foot in order to relieve the horses. The carriage, on a sign from Lucan, started ahead. Clotilde took the arm of Monsieur de Moras, and they began ascending slowly the sinuous road.
Deprived of that resource, Monsieur de Moras contented himself with kissing the beautiful hands of his cousin, and was otherwise generally wanting in eloquence; but his handsome and manly features were resplendent, and his large blue eyes were moist with gratified affection. He appeared to leave a favorable impression.
They started in the direction of the carriage, in front of which Monsieur de Moras was awaiting them, and while walking side by side: "What a lovely country!" resumed Julia. "And the sea quite near?" "Quite near." "We'll take a ride on horseback after breakfast, will we not?" "Quite willingly; but you must be horribly fatigued, my dear child.
She was still some hundred paces from the two men, and she was about passing before them. Lucan was preparing to leap to the other side of the bank, when the hand of Monsieur de Moras fell violently upon his arm and held him back firmly. They looked at each other.
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