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Title: Ninety-three
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 Benedict, Frank Lee, 1834-1910
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Publisher: London, New-York : G. Routledge and Sons
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t you ;in the general, answered Boisberthelot. Th(* old mail looked at the gunner. Api>roacli, said he. The gunner inoved forward a step. The old man turned towardCount du BoislxMthelot, detached the cross of JSaint Louis from the cap-tains uniform and fastened it on the jacket of the gunner. Hurrah ! cried the sailors. The marines presented arms. The old ))assenger, pointing with hisfinger toward the bewildered gunner, added : Now let that man be shot. 8tu))or su(ceede(l the applause. Then, in tli(^ midst of a silence like that of the tomb, the old manraised his \oicr. He said: A negligence has endangered this ship. .Vt this moment she isperhaps lost. To be at sea is to face the enemy. A vessel at open seais an ai-my whidi gives Imttle. The tempest conceals, but does notabsent itself. The whole si;a is an ambuscade. Deatli is the iiriialtv of NINETY-THREE. 43 any fault committed iu the face of the enemy. Xo fault is n^parable.Courage ought to be rewarded and ueg-ligeuee punished.
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These words fell one after the other slowly, solemnly, witli a sort ofinexoral)le measure, like the blows of an axe upon an oak. 44 N^I N E T Y - TH K E E. And the old man, tuniiiii; to the soldiers, added: Do yoni- duty. The man upon whose breast shone the cross of Saint Louis bowedhis head. At a sign from COunt dn Boisljerthclot, two sailors descended be-tween decks, then returned, bringing the hammock Avindiug-sheet. Theships chai)lain, who since the time of sailing had been at prayer in theofficers (juarters, accompanied the two sailois ; a sergeant detached fromthe line twelve marines, whom lie arranged in two ranks, six by six ;the gunner, without uttering a word, jilaced himself l)etweeu the twofiles. The chaplain, crucilix in hand, advanced and stood near him. March ! said the sergeant. The ijlatoon moved with slow steps toward the bow. The twosailors who carried the shroiid followed. A gloomy silence fell upon the corvette. A hurricane moaned inthe distance. A few instants la

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