Adolphe and I will be well contented to be hussars for awhile.

Let these grey-headed seniors be our leaders," and he pointed to d'Elbee whose hair was grizzled.
Henri had seen that the spirit of jealousy was already rising in Adolphe Denot's face.

No allusion had been made to his services; his advice had never been asked in the council; there was no probability that he would be named as one of the leaders; he had hardly spoken a word since they had assembled in the council-room.

Henri, though his own heart was a stranger to the jealousy and dread of neglect which tormented Adolphe, sympathised with, and felt for his friend; and he thought that if they were both together excluded from command at his request, the blow would be less keenly felt.

They were the two youngest in the room, and their youth was a good reason why they should not be named; but Henri was the younger of the two, and he knew that if he were selected as one of the chiefs, Adolphe would be miserable at finding himself left out.
De Lescure, however, would not allow of this.