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targets, forpistolshooting. ralphsnduforant,auedha veryhandsodrak;h,ralphk fifteenhundredfrancs. ”houchhat” ralphexaally. ”fourhundredfrancs,”hesaid. ”nonsefivetisthat.” ”aboutfourtis,”ralphsaid,”isnotnew, noany.ifyoupreferit,iwill carryittofrankfort;aonthencebyrail,atten pertuponitsvalue.” ”yes,iuchhat be” ”iatenttotakeitatyouroion,”ralphsaid.”the valueyousetuponthekhousandfrancs.” thereoherofficers. ”hehasyouthere,jor.” ”notatall,”theofficersaid.”heshalltakeitatthevaluation heplaceduponitfourhundredfrancs.” ”pardon,”ralphsaid,”ididnotvalueitatthatsuionly offeredtogivethatsuorit;besideshatwasan estiteofthevalueisetuponitatviroflay,notthevaluei shouldsetuponitatfrankfort. ”ihousandfrancs;thatis,iakeitata hundred,ifyouesort.” theotheroffios,eitherforsaleor transportpictures,vases,ks,andevenpianos.ralphhaggled overthepriharticle,inahwouldhavedone honortohisappearalasthavingarrangedalltheir ttershesaidthatheobellevue;butall ahepur, eitherthatnightortheing. ”ifanyofyougentleneyourcard,togiveto theoffientatbellevue,sayingthatyouhavefound fairindealing,ishouldfeelverygrateful,”ralphsaid, huly. theoffitookouthiscard,ande uponit: ”dearvonkoch,thisnisforahebreolerablyfairinhis ideas.” ”thatisforthejoroftheregint,atbellevue,”hesaid;and ralphbondationoftheest kind. ”ied,ralph,”percysaid,whenhis braintookhisplathewagon. ”ihavebeenhagglingoverprices,”ralphsaid.”fortunately,we arenotpressedforti.” theyhadaop,ofsoduration,atchaville;anditwas nearlythreeoedoothe backofbellevue.heretheyoppedand,uponralphprodug hispass,anoffiaup. ”youotgoanyfarther,”hesaid.”youareclosetobellevue, noainroad,you once. ”youostoftheofficersthere,”pointingte house,near. ”ihavethisajorvonkoch,”ralphsaid.”iaereto buy,orission,goodsofallkinds.” theofficerhralph;andtheseatviroflaywas repeated,butuponaall village,ntainingonlyafeposed alstentirelyofhandsoresidences,ohe quantityofarticles”saved”ionatelylarge. afterexaningandbargainingforalargenuerofvaluable articlesoffuiture,pilocks;ralphleft,e oftheofficers,tovieherarticlesinthevillasupontheside ofbellevue,lookingdoheriver.percyhadtakenthe horsesoutofthepaniedhisbrother,ostensiblyto carrybayartihased. atohevillasralphexpressedagreatdesiretogooutinto thegarden,tolookoverparis;andtheofficerbeingin aihhigher pricesthanhehadexpeeive;andathavingtheproceeds, ingernbanknotes,inhispocketsself,andpointed outallthevariousobjectsofi. thefogofaerseveningtinginthevie theboysuldseetheprincipalbuildingsofparis.thetowersof hedosofthepantheonandinvalides,theheightsof ntrtreandvilette,asofissyandvanveswere distinctlyvisible.theboyseyestued,hooretothe riverattheirfeet,aerveningground,thanuponthe objectshoerestingofdistantparis. ”donotshoheofficersaid.”ifsight of,frossyorpointdujourorfrohatgunboat,beloe shouldhavearainofshellsaboutus,innoti.youlookout frorees;butdobeyondtheirshelter,oryou antly.” thehouseinheyandingstooduponthebrowof thehill.behindtlewood,andgardenssloping prettysteeplydoheerreet,h housesupoherside.theriverwas,here,dividedbyanisland; theloendedloobe oppositetothespotuponheboysanding. ”bless,”ralphsaid,”itstbeverydangerous,livingdown there.hatgunboatuldbloheplatotheair.” ”thatsheuld,”theofficersaid,”andnsequently,noneofour here.riesalongtheriverbank,andafew othersscatteredabout;buthetroopsarequarteredthere, noreveninthislineofvillaso shoatnight,inanyeshouldhaveashell ininaupleofnutes.ie inthisdire;andhaveplentyofforcebehind.” ralphandpergered,upononeexcuseoranother;asking questionsaslongastheyuld,andkiuseoftheir ti,togainafairideaofthegroundthattheyo cross.theyhad,intheapofbellevueand udonuponalargescale,arkeduponit. ”itisgoingtobeadarknight,”theofficersaid,astheyhurried aidnight.” anotherhourortinpurchasingvariousarticles,taken frohefrenchvillas.darknesshadeon,andralphtoldthe offioingto versailles;andthatifthearticlestobeentrustedtohiscare fordeliveryinroughcasesofherey, efullofstoresandbroughtbytenoclothe ing,carefullydirected,ite. ”osleepihevillas,uponthe farthersideoftheroad”ralphaskedtheoffind.” boyhasneverseenashotfired,i;andishouldlikehibr> tobeabletosayhe ...