human
It is useless to seek further, said the surgeon;
gpt
How strange, said Pichegru;
human
Ah! general, he said,
gpt
You may well ask pardon for having given us such a fright.
human
Oh! not that,
gpt
You must explain this to me,
human
That belongs to the Comte de Sainte-Hermine, that young noble who was shot; and when he was dying he asked me to give it to his family.
gpt
But, said Pichegru, feeling it,
human
Yes, general; to his brother. The poor fellow feared it might be lost if he gave it to a stranger.
gpt
While in confiding it to some one from his own part of the country he had nothing to fear, I suppose.
human
Have I done wrong, general?
gpt
It is never wrong to fulfil the wish of a dying man, particularly when that wish is an honorable one. I may even say that it is a sacred duty to do so as soon as possible.
human
But I shall probably not return to Besançon at once.
gpt
If I try, perhaps I can find some excuse for sending you there.
human
Not because you are displeased with, me, general?
gpt
No; I will give you some commission which shall prove to your compatriots that the Jura has still another boy in the service of the Republic. Now let us see what is going on yonder.