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"Confederate flag," put in Virginia, smiling in spite of herself. "And she waved it between the shutters," Eugenie continued. "And some one told, the provost marshal. He has had the house surrounded, and the family have to stay there." "But if the food gives out?" "Then," said Miss Renault, in a voice of awe, "then each one of the family is to have just a common army ration.
The food, Isabelle noticed, was plentiful and more than good. At the end of the meal the young men lighted cigarettes, and one of the nurses also smoked, while a box of cigars was placed before Renault. Some one began to sing, and the table joined the chorus, gathering about the chimney, where there were a couple of settles.
"You go inside, or you'll take cold." Mr. Renault protested, asked about all the residents of Gravois way, and finally obeyed. Eliphalet's heart was in his mouth. A bolder spirit would have dashed for liberty. Eliphalet did not possess that kind of bravery. He was waiting for the Captain to turn toward his wagon. He looked down the area instead, with the light from the street lamp on his face.
It was only his weakness which had made Renault submit to pay the contribution demanded by the Nawab on his triumphant return from Calcutta in July of the previous year, and he and his comrades felt very bitterly the neglect of the Company in not sending money and reinforcements. One of his younger subordinates wrote to a friend in Pondicherry:
And with a strength that startled her came the answer, 'After all, we are man and wife; he is my husband, and he is in trouble! It would not be possible to see Renault before she left. Well, he had spoken his message to her, having chosen his own time. And already his prophecy was coming about. The thing to do was plain. The Vision was there, and the voice had spoken out of the depths.
The despatches announcing these successes are read aloud at the doors of the mairies. Victory! The Second of December has been wiped out! December 3. General Renault, who was wounded in the foot by a splinter from a shell, is dead. I told Schoelcher that I want to go out with my sons if the batteries of the National Guard to which they belong are sent to the front. The batteries drew lots.
This writer says the tide was rapidly falling, and, had the eastern defences of the Fort been able to resist a little longer, the ships would have found their lower tiers of guns useless, and might have been easily destroyed by the French. Suppositions of this kind always suppose a stupidity on the part of the enemy which Renault had no right to count upon.
"Business is business, Mr. Renault," was the self-contained reply. "Alphonse!" cried Mr. Renault, "Alphonse!" A door opened in the back wall. "Du vin pour Monsieur le Capitaine." "Oui, M'sieu." Eliphalet was too frightened to wonder why this taciturn handler of wood was called Captain, and treated with such respect. "Guess I won't take any wine to-night, Mr. Renault," said he.
To show his determination, he despatched fifteen hundred men to Hoogly, which the English had abandoned after capturing it, with instructions to help the French if attacked; and he sent a lac of rupees to Monsieur Renault, to aid him in preparing for his defence. Clive, unwilling to face a coalition between the French and the nabob, was in favour of acceding to the nabob's orders.
I address you seeing you are a man of wisdom and knowledge, and well acquainted with the customs and trade of the world; and you must know that the French by the permission and phirmaund of the King have built them several factories, and carried on their trade in this kingdom. "Mr. Renault, the French.
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