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The Companions of Jehu

CHAPTER XIX
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Come and say good-day to Josephine.

Come, Bourrienne, you will dine with us, and be careful what you say, you two, for Moreau is coming to dinner.

Ah! I will keep the dagger as a curiosity." He went out first, followed by Roland, who was, soon after, followed by Bourrienne.

On the stairs they met the orderly who had taken the note to Gohier.
"Well ?" asked the general.
"Here is the President's answer." "Give it to me." Bonaparte broke the seal, and read: The President Gohier is enchanted the good fortune promised him by General Bonaparte.

He will expect him to dinner the day after to-morrow, the 18th Brumaire, with his charming wife, and the aide-de-camp, whoever he may be.


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