Capitolo 49
is the intendant of one of the chateaux to Daumartin, and with another
who the mayor was. I simply asked from where these people had come, and
it was said that they was evacuating Daumartin and all the cities on the
simple among there and Meaux that intended that Monthyons Neufmortier,
Penchard, Chauconin Barcy, Chambry,--in fact all the villages visible
from my garden you/he/she had been evacuating from order of the military powers.
One of the things that worry around this were to see the effect of
the procession as it passed along the road. From the principle to the end from Esbly to
The people of Montry started to immediately to package, and the speed with which they fell
in the procession you/he/she was bewildering.
When we finally escaped from the crowd in the poplar-shaded avenue
what leads to the de of Castle Conde, I turned to look to Amelie for the
before the time. I had had time to find a good taking of me.
"Well, Amelie?" I said me.
"Oh, Mrs.", she responded, "I will be."
"And so it is able me", I responded; but I added, "I think that I have to do a
effort to arrive to to-tomorrow in Paris, and I think that you had come better with
me. I won't go, clearly, unless I am sure to be able to get
back. We am able as good does the truth: if this means that Paris is in
danger, or if he/she wants to say that we am able in our turn is forced to stir on, me
it has to find some money as to be ready."
"Very well, Mrs.", she responded as happily as if the boom of the
you unthread in procession behind us it was not in our ears yet.
Next morning--that was September 2--I woke up few before daylight.
There was a continuous boom in the air. For first I thought that it was the
more refugies passing on the road. I threw opened my hideaways and then,
inclusive that noise was in the other direction--from the run of routing
nationale. I listened. I told me, "If that is not artillery,
I didn't feel then never of it."
Certainly, when Amelie came to find breakfast, she announced that the
The soldiers of English were to the Demi-moons. The infantry was camped there,