41/50 It is Bonaparte's fault this time. He is always in a hurry too." "Why, colonel," said Edouard, "let us make haste then. Mind they go early to rest at the chateau." "But you are not coming my way, youngster ?" "Not coming your way? Yours is a face I don't see every day, colonel; besides I would not miss THEIR faces, especially the baroness's and Madame Raynal's, at sight of you; and, besides,"-- and the young gentleman chuckled to himself, and thought of Rose's words, "the next time we meet;" well, this will be the next time. "May I jump up behind ?" Colonel Raynal nodded assent. |