As to service, all his Marshals put together have not rendered the Emperor as pressing a service as I have done.

But I daresay it does not strike you in that light, Monsieur--Monsieur--' 'De Laval.' 'Quite so--it is curious how that name escapes me.

I daresay you take the same view as Colonel Lasalle ?' 'It is not a question upon which I can offer an opinion,' said I.
'I only know that I owe my life to your intercession.' I do not know what reply he might have made to this evasion, but at that moment we heard a couple of pistol shots and a distant shouting from far away in the darkness.

We stopped for a few minutes, but all was silent once more.
'They must have caught sight of Toussac,' said my companion.

'I am afraid that he is too strong and too cunning to be taken by them.