"From whence have you come?"
"The banks of the Coa."
"Sacre! the banks of the Coa!"
"Yes; I am attached to the staff of M. le Duc de Raguse."
"Ah! old Marmont Peste! he is my greatest friend. M. Armand of the 3rd Voltigeurs brought me a letter from him, in which he says that a dear friend of his would join me on my way to Paris."
"How kind of brave Marmont," said Grant; "he never forgets me."
"So he has captured the notorious Scaramouche, Captain Grant?"
"Yea; a wonderful fellow that!"
"Quite a devil of a man; allons, let us go; you have a horse of course?"
"No, M. le General."