Unfortunately,
Jacintha's plan was so difficult and so dangerous, that at first even
the courageous Rose recoiled from it; but there are dangers that seem to
diminish when you look them long in the face.
The whole party was seated in the tapestried room: Jacintha was there,
sewing a pair of sheets, at a respectful distance from the gentlefolks,
absorbed in her work; but with both ears on full cock.
The doctor, holding his glasses to his eye, had just begun to read out
the Moniteur.
The baroness sat close to him, Edouard opposite; and the young ladies
each in her corner of a large luxurious sofa, at some little distance.
"'The Austrians left seventy cannon, eight thousand men, and three
colors upon the field. Army of the North: General Menard defeated the
enemy after a severe engagement, taking thirteen field-pieces and a
quantity of ammunition.'"
The baroness made a narrow-minded renmark. "That is always the way with
these journals," said she. "Austrians! Prussians! when it's Egypt one
wants to hear about."--"No, not a word about Egypt," said the doctor;
"but there is a whole column about the Rhine, where Colonel Dujardin
is--and Dard.
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