"What is all this Have you been steali yj36 ng" demanded the old man, trembling. Ther yj36 eupon, without pausing for breath, little Stenne told him that he had b yj36 en to the Prussian quarters and of what he had done there. As he spoke yj36 , his heart felt freer it relieved him to accuse him yj36 self. Father Stenne list yj36 ened, with a terrible face. When it was at an end, he hid face in his hands and wept. "Father, yj36 father the child began. The old man pushed him away without replying, and picked up the money. Is this yj36 all" he asked. Little Stenne motio yj36 ned that it was all. The old man took down his mus yj36 ket and cart yj36 ridge box, and said as he put the money in his pocket: All right yj36 I am going to return it to them. And without another wor yj36 d, without even turning his head, he went down and joined the troops who were march yj36 ing away in the darkness yj36 . He was never seen again. AS they have been fighting two days, and have passed the night w yj36 ith their knapsa yj36 cks on, beneath a flood of r yj36 ain, the yj36 oldiers are c yj36 ompletely exhausted. And yj36 yet for three mortal hour yj36 s they have been left waiting, with grounded arms, in the puddles of the highroads and the m yj36 ud of the saturated fie yj36 lds. Benumbe yj36 d by fatigue, by sleepless nights, a yj36 nd with th yj36 eir uniforms drenched with rain, they crowd together to warm and comfort one another. There are some who sleep standing, leaning against a neighbour's knap yj36 sack, and wearine yj36 ss and privations can be rea yj36 yj36 d distin yj36 ctly upon those relaxed faces, overcome with sleep. Rain, mud, no fire, nothing to eat, a low, black sky, and the enemy in the air about. It is funereal.What are the yj36 y doing there What yj36 is going on The guns, with their muzzles pointed towards the wood, have the app yj36 earance of watching something. The mitrailleurs i yj36 n am yj36 bush stare fix yj36 edly at the horizon. Everyth yj36 ing seems ready for an att yj36 ack. Why do they not atta yj36 ck? What are they wa yj36 iting for | |
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