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"Guard.—Qui est là?
Puc.—Païsans, pauvres gens de France."
During the rapid movement from the block-house, and until the party was deeply buried in the forest, each individual was too much interested in their escape to hazard a word even in whispers. The scout resumed his post in the advance, though his steps, after he had thrown a safe distance between himself and his enemies, were more deliberate than in their previous march, in consequence of his utter ignorance of the localities of the surrounding woods. More than once he halted to consult with his confederates,
