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"Don't be too sure of her, Michael Stein," said Paul Rouel, the keeper
of the inn; "she'll marry a soldier yet before the wars are over."
"Let her do as her mother did before her, and marry an honest tradesman;
that is, if she can find one to take her."
"Find one!" said Annot, "if I can't get a husband without finding one,
indeed, I'm sure I'll not fash myself with seeking: let him find me that
wants me."
"And it wont be the first that finds you either, that'll be allowed to
take to you, will it Annot?" said the innkeeper.
"That's as may be, Master Rouel," said Annot. "Those who ask no
questions are seldom told many lies."
"I know Annot Stein loves a soldier in her heart," said another old man,
who was sitting inside the large open chimney. "The girls think there
is no trade like soldiering. I went for a soldier when I was young, and
it was all to oblige Lolotte Gobelin; and what think ye, when I was
gone, she got married to Jean Geldert, down at Petit Ange. There's
nothing for the girls like soldiering.


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