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Fabrizio soon came upon some vivandières, and the extreme gratitude that he felt for the gaoler's wife of B -- -- impelled him to address them; he asked one of them where he would find the 4th Hussar Regiment, to which he belonged.
"You would do just as well not to be in such a hurry, young soldier," said the cantinière, touched by Fabrizio's pallor and glowing eyes. "Your wrist is not strong enough yet for the sabre-thrusts they'll be giving today. If you had a musket, I don't say, maybe you could let off your round as well as any of them."