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"Are you so very much afraid of getting a sword scratch, monsieur?" interrupted the Colonel impatiently, whilst M. de Quettare elevated a pair of aristocratic eyebrows in bewilderment at such an extraordinary display of bourgeois cowardice. "You mean, Monsieur le Colonel?" queried Deroulede. "That you must either fight the Vicomte de Marn to-night, or clear out of Paris to-morrow.
The groups parted as Deroulede walked out of the room, followed by the Colonel and M. de Quettare, who stood by him to the last. Both were old and proved soldiers, both had chivalry and courage in them, with which to do tribute to the brave man whom they had seconded.
"He has no friends in our set, and if you and De Quettare will honour him, I think he should be grateful." M. de Quettare, adjutant to M. le Colonel, was ready to follow in the footsteps of his chief, and the two men, after the prescribed salutations to M. le Marquis de Villefranche, went across to speak to Deroulede.
"If you will accept our services, monsieur," began the Colonel abruptly, "mine, and my adjutant's, M. de Quettare, we place ourselves entirely at your disposal." "I thank you, messieurs," rejoined Deroulede. "The whole thing is a farce, and that young man is a fool; but I have been in the wrong and..." "You would wish to apologise?" queried the Colonel icily.
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