human
Let him come in,
gpt
Ah! it is you,
human
Yes, citizen-general, did you not send for me?
gpt
What brigade do you belong to?
human
The thirty-second.
gpt
To what company?
human
The third.
gpt
Captain?
human
Captain Guillet, deceased.
gpt
Not replaced?
human
Not replaced.
gpt
Which of the two lieutenants is the braver.
human
There is no 'braver' in the thirty-second. They are all equally brave.
gpt
The older, then?
human
Lieutenant Valats, who stayed at his post with a shot through his breast.
gpt
The second lieutenant was not wounded?
human
That was not his fault.
gpt
Very well. Valats then will be captain, and the second lieutenant will succeed him. Now, is there not an under-officer who has distinguished himself?
human
All the men distinguished themselves.
gpt
But I cannot make them all lieutenants, stupid.
human
That is a fact. Well, then there is Taberly.
gpt
Who is Taberly?
human
A brave man.
gpt
And would his appointment be well received?
human
With applause.
gpt
Then there will be a vacant sub-lieutenancy. Who is the oldest sergeant-major?
human
He is one Pierre-Claude Faraud,
gpt
What have you to say about him?
human
Nothing much.
gpt
Perhaps you do not know him?
human
It is exactly because I do know him.
gpt
Well, I know him also.
human
You know him, general?
gpt
Yes; he is an aristocrat of the Army of the Rhine--
human
Oh!
gpt
A quarrelsome fellow--
human
General!
gpt
Whom I caught fighting a duel with a brave Republican at Milan.
human
He was one of his friends, general. Friends may fight.
gpt
And whom I sent to the guard-house for forty-eight hours.
human
Twenty-four, general.
gpt
Then I cheated him out of the other twenty-four.
human
He is ready to take them, general.
gpt
A sub-lieutenant is not sent to the guard-house; he is put under arrest.
human
General, Pierre-Claude Faraud is not a sub-lieutenant, he is only a sergeant-major.
gpt
Oh, yes; he is a sub-lieutenant.
human
That's a good one, for example! Since when?
gpt
Since this morning. See what it is to have patrons.
human
I? Patrons?
gpt
Oho! So it is you?
human
Yes, it is I. And I should like to know who my patrons are.
gpt
I, replied Estève,
human
And I, said Roland,
gpt
Take him, said Bonaparte;
human
What, general, do you know that story?
gpt
I know everything, monsieur.
human
General, said Faraud,
gpt
Why?
human
Because you have just said monsieur.
gpt
Come, come, said Bonaparte, laughing,
human
General, said Roland,
gpt
The deuce! And I have none,
human
I have provided for the emergency, replied Roland; and going to the flap of the tent he said,
gpt
Come in, citizeness Reason.
human
Rose here!
gpt
Do you know the citizeness?
human
I should think so; she is my wife!
gpt
Citizeness, said Bonaparte,
human
I saw you at work in the midst of the musket balls. Roland wanted to pay you for the brandy you gave him when he came out of the water, but you refused. As I had no brandy here, and my guests each desire a glass, Roland said: 'Let us call the Goddess of Reason, and we can pay her for it all at the same time.' So we called you. Now serve us.
gpt
When the health of the Republic is drunk, observed Roland,
human
But any one who chooses is at liberty to drink water, cried Bonaparte; and raising his glass, he cried, gayly,
gpt
To the health of the Republic.
human
Here is your bill of exchange on posterity, but it is in your husband's name. You may indorse it, but he alone can use it.
gpt
Here, Pierre, she cried,
human
Is that true?
gpt
Look for yourself.
human
Hurrah! Sub-lieutenant Faraud! he shouted.
gpt
Long live General Bonaparte!
human
Twenty-four hours' arrest for having cried 'Long live General Bonaparte!' instead of 'Long live the Republic!'
gpt
I certainly cannot escape them, said Faraud;
human
Accursed Tower