Part 64 (1/2)
”That shall be done, ht to visit and search all the isles along the coast; you will there make the enrolments and levies you may want for me”
”Yes, monsieur le duc”
”And you are an active man, and ork freely, you will spend neur”
”But I am sure you will My intendant has prepared the orders of a thousand livres, drawn upon the cities of the south; he will give you a hundred of theone”
Athos interrupted the prince ”Keep your old as well as lead”
”I wish to try the contrary,” replied the duke; ”and then you are acquainted with my ideas upon the expedition--plenty of noise, plenty of fire, and, if so itspoken thus, M de Beaufort began to laugh; but his mirth was not reciprocated by Athos and Raoul He perceived this at once ”Ah,” said he, with the courteous egotise, ”you are such people as a man should not see after dinner; you are cold, stiff, and dry when I am all fire, suppleness, and wine No, devil take , vicomte, and you, comte, if you wear such a face as that, you shall seethe hand of Athos, who replied with a srandly because you happen to have plenty of money I predict that within a month you will be dry, stiff, and cold, in presence of your strong-box, and that then, having Raoul at your elbow, fasting, you will be surprised to see hienerous, because he will have sorant it hted duke ”Coo with Raoul; the e him is a troublesome and difficult one Alone it would be too neur, you have given him command of the first order”
”Bah!”
”And in your naval arrangements, too”
”Thatfellows as your son generally do all that is required of theneur, I believe you will find nowhere so ence, so e your embarkation, you would only meet the fate that you deserve”
”Huneur, to provision a fleet, to assemble a flotilla, to enroll your maritime force, would take an admiral a year Raoul is a cavalry officer, and you allow hiht!”
”I tell you he will do it”
”He o and help him”
”To be sure you will; I reckoned upon you, and still further believe that e are once at Toulon you will not let hi his head
”Patience! patience!”
”Monseigneur, perood luck attend you”
”Adieu! ood luck attend you likewise”
”Here is an expedition admirably commenced!” said Athos to his son ”No provisions--no store flotilla! What can be done, thus?”
”Hu to do as I am, provisions will not be wanted”
”Monsieur,” replied Athos, sternly, ”do not be unjust and senseless in your egotisrief, whichever you please to call it If you set out for this war solely with the intention of getting killed therein, you stand in need of nobody, and it was scarcely worth while to recommend you to M de Beaufort But when you have been introduced to the prime commandant--when you have accepted the responsibility of a post in his arer about _you_, but about all those poor soldiers, who, as well as you, have hearts and bodies, eep for their country and endure all the necessities of their condition Remember, Raoul, that officers are ht to have more charity”
”Monsieur, I know it and have practiced it; I would have continued to do so still, but--”