Morsbronn

On the 4th of August I lost all traces of Mr. Buckhurst near the frontier, in the village of Morsbronn.

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The soldiers wheeled these wagons into a double line, forming a complete chain across the street, where the Turcos had commenced to dig their ditch and breastworks -- a barricade high enough to check a charge, and cunningly arranged, too, for the wooden abatis could not be seen from the eastern end of the street, where a charge of French infantry or cavalry must enter Morsbronn if it entered at all.

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So rode the "Cuirassiers of Morsbronn," the flower of an empire's chivalry, the elect of France.

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He listened very quietly while I told of my encounter with Buckhurst in Morsbronn, of our journey to Saverne, to Strasbourg, and finally my own arrival in Paris.

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"Morsbronn is the nearest French post!" he said, in French.

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"I could easily aid you to leave Morsbronn," he said, stealthily.

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I looked at her earnestly, scarcely understanding that she was saying she was glad I had come, that she had waited for me, that she had wanted to see me, that she had wished to tell me how deeply our tragic experience at La Trappe and in Morsbronn had impressed her.

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Half an hour later I rode out of Morsbronn, clad in the uniform of the

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"There is much noise, but we Turcos are here in Morsbronn, and we have seen nothing but sparrows."

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Morsbronn under the feet of Prussia, every drop of blood in my body was French -- hot and red and French!

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