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ying over
the plain; they were peasants who had been rather too quick in returning to their
homesand who fled at the sight of the enemy. Sometimeshoweverthey were
unlucky Frenchmenhalf dead with cold and hungerand who in their uncertainty
of meeting with friends or enemiespreferred waiting for daylight to continue
their painful journey.
They traversed two leagues in three hourswhich brought the adventurous band
to the banks of the Rupelalong which a stony road ran; but here danger
succeeded to difficultyand two or three horses lost their footing on the slimy
stonesand rolled with their riders into the still rapid waters of the river. More
than once alsofrom some boat on the opposite bankshots were firedand one
man was killed at Diana's side. She manifested regret for the manbut no fear for
herself. Henriin these different circumstancesshowed himself to be a worthy
captain and true friend; he rode firsttelling all the men to follow in his steps
trusting less to his own sagacity than to that of the horse his brother had given
him. Three leagues from Rupelmonde the gendarmes came upon six French
soldiers sitting by a turf fire; the unfortunates were cooking some horse-fleshthe
only food they had [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]