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"Did you see his face, Chapeau?" asked Marie.
"Did he look like any one you knew?" asked Madame de Lescure.
"Did he ride well?" asked the little Chevalier.
"Did he look like a soldier?" asked M. de Lescure.
"Who do you think he is, Chapeau?" asked Henri Larochejaquelin.
Chapeau looked from one to another, as these questions were asked him;
and then selecting those of M. de Lescure and his sister, as the two
easiest to answer, he said:
"I did not see his face, Mademoiselle. They say that he certainly is a
good soldier, M. Charles, but he certainly does not look like any one
of our Vendean officers."
"Who can it be?" said Henri. "Can it be Marigny, Charles?"
"Impossible," said de Lescure; "Marigny is a fine, robust fellow, with
a handsome open face. They say this man is just the reverse."
"It isn't d'Elbee come to life again, is it?" said Arthur Mondyon. "He's
ugly enough, and not very big."
"Nonsense, Arthur, he's an old man; and of all men the most unlikely to
countenance such doings as those of these La Petite Vendee.
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