Do you know why he did it ?" "No." The general shrugged his shoulders, and said: "Because the man said that I was a thief." Then looking at Roland with an indefinable expression of raillery and affection, he added: "Ninny!" Then suddenly he burst out: "Oh! by the way, and the Englishman ?" "Exactly, the Englishman, general.

I was just going to speak to you about him." "Is he still in France ?" "Yes, and for awhile even I thought he would remain here till the last trumpet blew its blast through the valley of Jehosaphat." "Did you miss killing him ?" "Oh! no, not I.We are the best friends in the world.

General, he is a capital fellow, and so original to boot that I'm going to ask a bit of a favor for him." "The devil! For an Englishman ?" said Bonaparte, shaking his head.

"I don't like the English." "Good! As a people, but individually--" "Well, what happened to your friend ?" "He was tried, condemned, and executed." "What the devil are you telling us ?" "God's truth, general." "What do you mean when you say, 'He was tried, condemned, and guillotined' ?" "Oh! not exactly that.

Tried and condemned, but not guillotined.