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After a pause, however, he ventured to speak,--
"M. Charras, I am instructed to say that if you want money--"
Charras interrupted him impetuously.
"Hold your tongue, sir! not another word. I have served my country
five-and-twenty years as an officer, under fire, at the peril of my
life, always for honor, never for gain. Keep your money for your own
set!"
"
"
But, sir--"
Silence! Money which passes through your hands would soil mine."
Another pause ensued, which the private secretary again broke,--
"
Colonel, you will be accompanied by two police agents who have special
instructions, and I should inform you that you are ordered to travel
with a false passport, and under the name of Vincent."
"
Good heavens!" said Charras; "this is really too much. Who is it
imagines that they will make me travel by order with a false passport,
and under a false name?" And looking steadily at M. Léopold Lehon,
"Know, sir, that my name is Charras and not Vincent, and that I belong
to a family whose members have always borne the name of their father."
They set out.
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