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Tales and Novels (7); Man?uvring. Almeria
Tales and Novels Manuvring Almeria - 7 Author:Maria Edgeworth Volume: 7 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1832 Original Publisher: Printed for Baldwin and Cradock Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Mill... more »ion-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: "As M. de Villars was going down stairs, after having spent an evening with Walsingham, a boy of twelve years old, the son of the master of the lodging- house, equipped in a military uniform, stood across the landing-place, as if determined to stop him. ' Mon petit militaire,' said the commandant, ' do you mean to dispute my passage ? ' 'No, mon general,' said the boy; "I know my duty too well. But I post myself here to demand an audience, for I have a secret of importance to communicate.' M. de Villars, smiling at the boy's air of consequence, yet pleased with the steady earnestness of his manner, took him by the hand into an antechamber, and said that he was ready to listen to whatever he had to impart. The boy then told him that he had accidentally overheard a proposal which had been made to facilitate the English captain's escape, and that the captain refused to comply with it, because it was not honourable to break his parole. The boy, who had been struck by the circumstance, and who, besides, was grateful to Walsingham for some little instances of kindness, spoke with much enthusiasm in his favour; and, as M. de Villars afterwards repeated, finished his speech by exclaiming, ' I would give every thing I have in the world, except my sword and my honour, to procure this English captain his liberty.' " M. de Villars was pleased with the boy's manner, and with the fact which he related ; so much so, that he promised, that if Walsingham's liberty could be obtained he would procure it. ' And you, my good little friend, shall, if I succeed,'...« less