Why,' he continued in a burst
of bitter passion, 'I have dared more, and endured more, with Toussac
and a few of his kidney for comrades, than this Lasalle has done in all
the childish cavalry charges that ever he undertook. As to service, all
his Marshals put together have not rendered the Emperor as pressing a
service as I have done. But I daresay it does not strike you in that
light, Monsieur--Monsieur--'
'De Laval.'
'Quite so--it is curious how that name escapes me. I daresay you take
the same view as Colonel Lasalle?'
'It is not a question upon which I can offer an opinion,' said I.
'I only know that I owe my life to your intercession.'
I do not know what reply he might have made to this evasion, but at that
moment we heard a couple of pistol shots and a distant shouting from far
away in the darkness. We stopped for a few minutes, but all was silent
once more.
'They must have caught sight of Toussac,' said my companion. 'I am
afraid that he is too strong and too cunning to be taken by them. I do
not know what impression he left upon you, but I can tell you that you
will go far to meet a more dangerous man.
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