There came a series of loud, excited rappings on the door. It burst open, and a little girl-a child to whom in the past, which now seemed ?ons away, she had been kind-stood breathless, smiling, 'Mamselle! Mamselle! Our soldiers are here! Come and see them. I ran away from mother to tell you! They said you were here.'
Jeanne Rouannès put a finger