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No sooner was Marlborough informed of the junction of Vendôme and Berwick, than, anticipating the direction they would follow, and the point at which they would endeavour to penetrate through, and raise the siege, he marched parallel to the enemy, and arrived on the 4th September at a position previously selected, having his right at Noyelle, and his left at Peronne.
Was there no place in Maraucourt where one could sleep peacefully? It was not alone the noise that disturbed her, but the air was now so stifling that she could scarcely breathe. At last La Noyelle was quiet, or rather it was only a prolonged snore that came from her lips. But although all was silent Perrine could not sleep. She was oppressed.
"Go yerself," retorted Laide. "But she wants you." Laide decided to go, and slipping on her skirt, she went down the stairs. "Oh, my child, my child," cried La Noyelle, brokenly, when she caught sight of her. The joy of seeing Laide drove all thoughts of getting upstairs safely away. "Come with me, little one, and I'll treat you to a glass; come on," urged the drunken creature.
The lady of his thoughts was the widow of Pontus de Noyelle, Seigneur de Bours, who had once saved the citadel of Antwerp, and afterwards sold that city and himself. His rival was no other than the great Seigneur de Champagny, brother of Cardinal Granvelle, eminent as soldier, diplomatist, and financier, but now growing old, not in affluent circumstances, and much troubled with the gout.
The lady of his thoughts was the widow of Pontus de Noyelle, Seigneur de Bours, who had once saved the citadel of Antwerp, and afterwards sold that city and himself. His rival was no other than the great Seigneur de Champagny, brother of Cardinal Granvelle, eminent as soldier, diplomatist, and financier, but now growing old, not in affluent circumstances, and much troubled with the gout.
"Yes, we can keep this road, which is no doubt that by which we travelled before, as far as the village which I heard them call Noyelle, then we shall have to strike off to the left, for that place was not far from Abbeville, and shall have to follow the Somme up some distance, unless we can find means of crossing it."
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