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The Colonel had lunched very well indeed. He had done justice to every dish set before him; he had made a little speech, congratulating himself on having such a well-trained body of men to command, and felicitating Chaudiere from many points of view. He was in great good-humour with himself, and when the Notary asked him -- it was at the Manor, with the soldiers resting on the grass without -- about the tale of bravery he had promised them, he brought his fist down on the table with great intensity but little noise, and said:
"Chaudiere may well be proud of it. I shall refer to it in the Legislature on the question of roads and bridges -- there ought to be a stone fence on that dangerous road by the Red Ravine -- Have I your attention?"