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The Man With The Broken Ear

CHAPTER IX
11/15

It is proposed to restore to the army a colonel.

And you, actuated by the spirit of routine, wish to rob it of one." "Don't get so excited, Monsieur, I beg of you, and don't talk so loud: people can hear us.

Believe me, I will meet you half way in anything you want to do for the great and glorious army of my country.

But have you considered the religious question ?" "What religious question ?" "To tell you the truth, Monsieur (but this entirely between ourselves), what we have spoken of so far is purely accessory and we are now touching upon the delicate point.

People have come to see me and have made some very judicious remarks to me.


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