human
You have no right to be jealous. De Mauldon has had experience and won distinction in actual service, and from all I hear is doing wonders with his men--has got them not only to keep but to love drill. I heard no less an authority than General V---- say that if all the officers of the National Guard were like De Mauleon, that body would give an example of discipline to the line.
gpt
I say nothing as to the promotion of a real soldier like the Vicomte-- but a Parisian dandy like Euguerrand de Vande--
human
You forget that Enguerrand received a military education--an advantage denied to you.
gpt
What does that matter? Who cares for education nowadays? Besides, have I not been training ever since the 4th of September, to say nothing of the hard work on the ramparts?