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Bougainville saluted and said; "The American, John Scott, sir. He has just escaped from the enemy and he brings important information." Vaugirard puffed out his great cheeks and whistled with satisfaction. "Ah, my young Yankee!" he said. "They cannot hold you!" "No, my general," replied John, "I've come back again to fight for France." General Vaugirard looked at him keenly.
The brake was taken off, the conductor whistled, the three horses, their hoofs hammering the pavement, strained for an instant amid showers of sparks, and the long vehicle vanished down the Rue de Vaugirard, bearing with it Brutus and his fortunes. May 10th. It is an awful fate to be the nephew of M. Mouillard!
Now he found Captain Colton sitting in his little alcove smoking one of his eternal cigarettes and looking very contented. He took an especially long puff when he saw John and looked at him quizzically. "Well, Scott!" he said. "Well, sir!" said John. "General Vaugirard thinks your desire to guard wounded, see to their welfare, great credit to you." "I thank him, sir, through you."
Besides, the woman wore that black mantle which d'Artagnan could still see outlined on the shutter of the Rue de Vaugirard and on the door of the Rue de la Harpe; still further, the man wore the uniform of a Musketeer. The woman's hood was pulled down, and the man held a handkerchief to his face. Both, as this double precaution indicated, had an interest in not being recognized.
He calls his place a 'den, but that's a metaphor. Mine is a howling wilderness." Arriving presently at a large house at the bottom of a courtyard in the Rue Vaugirard, he knocked at a small side-door bearing a tiny brass plate not much larger than a visiting-card, on which was engraved "Monsieur Flandrin."
We're all in the dark here, but any young strong man can certainly get a chance to fight in this war. I'm on the staff of General Vaugirard, a brigade commander, and he needs active young officers. You speak good French, and the fact that you came with Lannes will be a great recommendation, I'll provide you with a horse and all else necessary." John thanked him with great sincerity.
"But not any farther than my friend of Montmartre, Bougainville. There's a remarkable fellow. I saw his military talent the first time I met him. Or I should better say I felt it rather than saw it. And he was making good in a wonderful manner today." "I believe with you, John, that he's a genius. But if we find General Vaugirard and then finish our errand we must hasten.
Escorted by Bougainville, John went down a little slope to a point where several officers stood talking earnestly. The central figure was that of a huge man who puffed out his cheeks as he spoke, and whose words and movements were alive with energy. Even had he seen but a dim outline, John would have recognized him with no difficulty as General Vaugirard, and beside him stood de Rougemont.
A month afterwards, I went incognito to her lonely residence, situate amid vast kitchen-gardens between Vaugirard and the Luxembourg. The house was clean, commodious, thoroughly well appointed, and, not being overlooked by neighbours, the secret could but be safely kept.
You'll think me very curious, but yesterday, when I saw you talking with Monsieur Bernard I said to myself that you were the clerk of some publisher; for this, you know, is a publisher's quarter. I once lodged the foreman of a printing-house in the rue de Vaugirard, and his name was the same as yours " "What does my business signify to you?" interrupted Godefroid.