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"I say, Grossbeck, you and I are two bigger fools than Napoleon was when he went to Russia," said Lynch, as they reached the street again.
"That's so. 'There was a sound of revelry by night, and Belgium's capital' -- got considerably mixed," replied Grossbeck, whose head was not quite so full as his companion's.