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"I say, Fedeshon!... Did he say when the battles are to begin?

You were near him. Everybody said that Buonaparte himself was at

Braunau."

"Buonaparte himself!... Just listen to the fool, what he doesn't

know! The Prussians are up in arms now. The Austrians, you see,

are putting them down. When they've been put down, the war with

Buonaparte will begin. And he says Buonaparte is in Braunau!

Shows you're a fool. You'd better listen more carefully!"

"What devils these quartermasters are! See, the fifth company is

turning into the village already... they will have their

buckwheat cooked before we reach our quarters."

"Give me a biscuit, you devil!"

"And did you give me tobacco yesterday? That's just it, friend!

Ah, well, never mind, here you are."

"They might call a halt here or we'll have to do another four

miles without eating."

"Wasn't it fine when those Germans gave us lifts! You just sit

still and are drawn along."