第 68 节
作者:老山文学      更新:2021-04-30 15:54      字数:921
  The marquis was still able to thank his gallant adversary by a look marking the respect which all soldiers feel for loyal enemies。
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  In 1827 an old man accompanied by his wife was buying cattle in the market…place of Fougeres。 Few persons remembered that he had killed a hundred or more men; and that his former name was Marche…a…Terre。 A person to whom we owe important information about all the personages of this drama saw him there; leading a cow; and was struck by his simple; ingenuous air; which led her to remark; 〃That must be a worthy man。〃
  As for Cibot; otherwise called Pille…Miche; we already know his end。 It is likely that Marche…a…Terre made some attempt to save his comrade from the scaffold; possibly he was in the square at Alencon on the occasion of the frightful tumult which was one of the events of the famous trial of Rifoel; Briond; and la Chanterie。
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