Chapter

 1 41|       night, and had retaken a bastion of which the royal army
 2 41|     how the enemy guarded this bastion. ~At the end of a few minutes
 3 41|        after the taking of the bastion, the Rochellais had evacuated
 4 41|  within a hundred paces of the bastion. There, on turning round,
 5 41|       about sixty paces of the bastion. They saw no one, and the
 6 41|       They saw no one, and the bastion seemed abandoned. ~The three
 7 41|       they wished to know; the bastion was guarded. A longer stay
 8 41|   could not have come from the bastion, which was hidden by the
 9 41|      who darted off toward the bastion. As the Rochellais who guarded
10 41|     Rochellais who guarded the bastion were ignorant of the intentions
11 41|   letter under the fire of the bastion?" ~"You must nevertheless
12 46|                        46. The Bastion Saint-Gervais~ ~ ~ ~ ~
13 46|       taking and dismantling a bastion. Ah, why were you not there,
14 46|           Have you not taken a bastion?" said a Swiss, who was
15 46|  Without reckoning that as the bastion was not built yesterday
16 46|      badly shaken." ~"And what bastion is it?" asked a dragoon,
17 46|     taking to be cooked. ~"The bastion St. Gervais," replied d'
18 46|     this morning to repair the bastion." ~"Yes, that's probable,"
19 46|        go and breakfast in the bastion St. Gervais, and we will
20 46|       men took the road to the bastion St. Gervais, followed by
21 46|     enough we are going to the bastion." ~"But what are we going
22 46|    said Athos, pointing to the bastion, "they will not come and
23 46|       to remain an hour in the bastion. Either we shall be attacked,
24 46|     guarantee the walls of the bastion have no ears; if we are,
25 46| gesture. ~Athos pointed to the bastion. ~"But," said Grimaud, in
26 46|      vanguard. ~Arrived at the bastion, the four friends turned
27 46|        four disappeared in the bastion, whither Grimaud had preceded
28 47|        Athos had foreseen, the bastion was only occupied by a dozen
29 47|   stopped fifty paces from the bastion: "Gentlemen, a few friends
30 47|     about to breakfast in this bastion. Now, you know nothing is
31 47|        turned again toward the bastion, bearing with them the trophies
32 47|     and plant it on top of our bastion, that these rebels of Rochellais
33 47|     Arrived at the foot of the bastion, there were still more than
34 47|      lay under the wall of the bastion, "take those gentlemen,
35 47|      And Athos ran back to the bastion, mounted the platform, and
36 47|        taken possession of the bastion. ~"These Rochellais are
37 47|        go and breakfast in the bastion St. Gervais; and while breakfasting