15/26 Paul will prepare for his examination at Saint-Cyr. You know he wishes to be a soldier." "So do I, Madame. I wish to be one, too." "You a soldier!" exclaimed the Cure; "but you know that was not at all your father's idea. In my presence, he has often spoken of your future, your career. You were to be a doctor, and, like him, doctor at Longueval, and, like him, devote yourself to the sick and poor. |