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have nobody to send; you know what has
happened to poor Pierre, and God knows
what has become of the two messengers I
sent before. Will you undertake to deliver
the letter?”
This settled the question, and the Mayor
called out for Armand. A bright-eyed,
charming-looking boy appeared at the door.
After having ascertained that he was quite
familiar with the road, the Mayor told him
to go down to old Anne to get a good supper
and wait in the kitchen till he was sent for
without saying a word to anybody.
“Have you got a revolver?” asked the
Mayor.
“No, and I don’t want one,” said the
Doctor. “I have seen so much blood this
last week, and so many wounds, and so many
deaths, that I do not think I would feel like
using it even if it came to the worst. Besides,
as long as I wear this”—pointing to his
Red Cross brassard—“I prefer not to carry
arms. If I have to choose between the two
I believe I am safer with the brassard than
with the revolver. As for the boy, he is too
small to carry a weapon and I believe that
he also is safer unarmed.”
“You are right as far as the boy is
concerned, but you are wrong with regard to
yourself,” said the Mayor. “You know as
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