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Half an hour later the great grey ambulance, drawn up close to the gates of the Tournebride, was ready to start down the hill, and the Herr Doktor waited impatiently while the five hale and whole officers bade their wounded comrade a hearty, lengthy, and jovial good-night.
They were all _uebermuetig_ -- bubbling over with wild spirits -- and still talking of their Mecca -- Paris -- now only some thirty miles away. Any hour might come the longed-for order to advance thither!