14/22 Charlotte is my sister's maid, Sir John." "And she is very happy over it. She is better off there than here, M. Is it true that you are General Bonaparte's aide-de-camp ?" "Alas! I have that honor, Courtois. You would prefer me to be Comte d'Artois's aide-de-camp, or that of M.le Duc of Angouleme ?" "Oh, do be quiet, M.Louis!" Then putting his lips to the young man's ear, "Tell me, is it true ?" "What, Father Courtois ?" "That General Bonaparte passed through Lyons yesterday ?" "There must be some truth in the rumor, for this is the second time that I have heard it. |