The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

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1. How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom (1)
You do very well, my friends, to treat me with some little reverence, for in honouring me you are honouring both France and yourselves. It…
1. How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom (2)
'My brother joined the army, and passed with it through all Southern Europe, asking everywhere for the Baron Straubenthal. Last October he…
1. How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom (3)
It is no joke, my friends, to be among all those tons of powder, with the knowledge that if the flame of the explosion should penetrate thr…
2. How the Brigadier Slew the Brothers of Ajaccio (1)
When the Emperor needed an agent he was always very ready to do me the honour of recalling the name of Etienne Gerard, though it occasional…
2. How the Brigadier Slew the Brothers of Ajaccio (2)
My faith, I was right glad to get out of the room. If I have a good horse under me, and a sword clanking against my stirrup-iron, I know wh…
2. How the Brigadier Slew the Brothers of Ajaccio (3)
What a delirium of joy came upon me when these few words made everything clear to me. He smiled again as he saw the delight which urged me…
3. How the Brigadier Held the King (1)
Here, upon the lapel of my coat, you may see the ribbon of my decoration, but the medal itself I keep in a leathern pouch at home, and I ne…
3. How the Brigadier Held the King (2)
'It is a rich language,' said he, 'but less prolific in rhymes than either the German or the English. That is why our best work has been do…
3. How the Brigadier Held the King (3)
So these three jingled away together, while the officer and I, followed at some distance by the trooper whose horse had been wounded, rode…
4. How the King Held the Brigadier (1)
Murat was undoubtedly an excellent cavalry officer, but he had too much swagger, which spoils many a good soldier. Lasalle, too, was a very…
4. How the King Held the Brigadier (2)
However, the heavy breathing of the fellow made me hope that it might be a very long time before he recovered his senses. I gagged him, the…
4. How the King Held the Brigadier (3)
For answer he threw off his heavy great-coat, and stood in a singular attitude, with one arm out, and the other across his chest, looking a…
5. How the Brigadier Took the Field Against the Marshal Millefleurs (1)
Massena was a thin, sour little fellow, and after his hunting accident he had only one eye, but when it looked out from under his cocked ha…
5. How the Brigadier Took the Field Against the Marshal Millefleurs (2)
'Well,' said I, 'whatever we do must be done at once, for my orders are to be on my way to Abrantes by tomorrow night. But we must have som…
5. How the Brigadier Took the Field Against the Marshal Millefleurs (3)
'Sacred name of a dog!' he growled, and out flashed his great sabre. Chenier sprang forward at him with his knife, and then, thinking bette…
6. How the Brigadier Played for a Kingdom (1)
It has sometimes struck me that some of you, when you have heard me tell these little adventures of mine, may have gone away with the impre…
6. How the Brigadier Played for a Kingdom (2)
The heavy-cheeked landlord was there and his flaxen-haired wife, the two men from the stables, a chambermaid, and two or three villagers. A…
6. How the Brigadier Played for a Kingdom (3)
I felt the cold coil of leather tighten round my neck. An hostler with a stable lantern had come out and was gazing upon the scene. In its…
7. How the Brigadier Won His Medal (1)
The Duke of Tarentum, or Macdonald, as his old comrades prefer to call him, was, as I could perceive, in the vilest of tempers. His grim, S…
7. How the Brigadier Won His Medal (2)
'Well', said he, 'you had best come along with us, for we are all bound for Senlis. Our orders are to reconnoitre the place. A squadron of…
7. How the Brigadier Won His Medal (3)
One or two officers spoke to me with an air of authority, but I shook my head and smiled, and said, 'If the night is fine we shall meet und…
8. How the Brigadier Was Tempted by the Devil (1)
The spring is at hand, my friends. I can see the little green spear-heads breaking out once more upon the chestnut trees, and the cafe tabl…
8. How the Brigadier Was Tempted by the Devil (2)
Colonel Despienne had quarters at the 'Sign of the Pheasant,' and it was there that we supped together. We were all three men who had been…
8. How the Brigadier Was Tempted by the Devil (3)
It must have been imagination, my friends, but for an instant I may confess that it seemed to me that there was a tone in the Emperor's voi…