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tain barclayshalfpay,asllprivateine,alefortune pletoenablehiolive fortably,infrandthere,agly,hehadsettled down. hisfalynsistedofralph,perdadaughtercalled,after herther,lanie,andhanpercy.it hadalainbarclaysiiooengland, eebusinessor profession;andhehadkeptuphisenglishionbyseveral visitsthere,ofsonthsduration,ily.the boys,too,hadbeenfortschoolinenglandaswellas fortanyandtheyspokethethreelanguagesh equalfluency. aprettierabodethanthatofcaptainbarclayto find.iticularstyleofarture,andwouldhave horrifiedaloverofthe.ithic, andaltogetherfrench.ithadnurouslittlegables,ntaining thefushapedlittleroo.ithadahighroof,h projegeaves;androundthreesidesranaha trellisrainedsubduingthe glareofthesuersun,castingaolgreenshadeoverthe
sittingroo,andaffaprettyanddelightfullyol retreat;rs.barclaygenerallysathheraught lanie,vingroundthehousehthesun,soastobealwaysin theshade. thedrasbothopeothisverandatheroad cauptothebackofthehouse;andupoherthreesides prosebetheenglishandfrench styles.ithadasoth,ohafechesof brightfloixedupangthe andbeyondthepsofthegracefulfoliagedplantsand shrubsinhefrenchdelight.beyondhits lohese,thevieretchedaothe towersofdijon. intheverandatheboys,upontheirretu,foundcaptainbarclay readingthepapers,andsking.helookedupastheyentered. ”youarebackearly,boys.” ”yes,papa,thereuchtalkinggoingon,thattheprofessor gaveitupashopeless.youhaveheardtheneourse” ”yes,boys,andaerysorrytohearit.” captainbarclayspokesogravelythatralphasked,anxiously: ”dontyouthink,papa” ”iverydoubtful,ralph,”hisfathersaid.”prussiahas alreadygainedanienseralvictory.shehaschosenherown tiforeti,obligedfraakethe initiative,andsotoappeartobetheaggressorandthereforeto losetheralsupportofeurope.shehasforcedthisquarrelupon frandyethsofeuropelookuponfrahe iheoryhetruth,butithen betoolate.asitis,fraersupohe ofpublipiniondeadagainstherand,isers uponitaltogetherunprepared;ting ready,foryears.” ”butthefrenchalselvestobebettersoldiers thantheprussians,papa.” ”sotheyhave,perdequallyiplined,and anizedibelievethat,inanythinglikeequalforces,they ionis,havewegenera ...