[The Man With The Broken Ear by Edmond About]@TWC D-Link bookThe Man With The Broken Ear CHAPTER XV 7/26
The conductor doesn't hear you, and you're in danger of falling out on the track.
If I can be of any service to you, I have a flask of brandy with me, and a medicine chest." "No, sir," replied Fougas in a most supercilious tone, "I'm in want of nothing, and I'd rather die than accept anything from an Englishman! If I'm calling the conductor, it's only because I want to get into a different car, and cleanse my eyes from the sight of an enemy of the Emperor." "I assure you, monsieur," responded the Englishman, "that I am not an enemy of the Emperor.
I had the honor of being received by him while he was in London.
He even deigned to pass a few days at my little country-seat in Lancashire." "So much the better for you, if this young man is good enough to forget what you have done against his family; but Fougas will never forgive your crimes against his country." As soon as they arrived at the station at Melun, he opened the door and rushed into another saloon.
There he found himself alone in the presence of two young gentlemen, whose physiognomies were far from English, and who spoke French with the purest accent of Touraine.
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