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Chapter 15

           Themountainslookedgreenandfreshandlovely;temperedwiththemilderlight,orsoftenedinshadow,asthinvaporsfloatedbetweenthemandthesun.ThenumerousislandsrestedonthebosomoftheHorican,somelowandsunken,asifimbeddedinthewaters,andothersappearingtohoverabovetheelement,inlittlehillocksofgreenvelvet;amongwhichthefishermenofthebeleagueringarmypeacefullyrowedtheirskiffs,orfloatedatrestontheglassymirror,inquietpursuitoftheiremployment.

           Thescenewasatonceanimatedandstill.Allthatpertainedtonaturewassweet,orsimplygrand;whilethosepartswhichdependedonthetemperandmovementsofmanwerelivelyandplayful.

           Twolittlespotlessflagswereabroad,theoneonasalientangleofthefort,andtheotherontheadvancedbatteryofthebesiegers;emblemsofthetrucewhichexisted,notonlytotheacts,butitwouldseem,also,totheenmityofthecombatants.

           Behindthese,again,swung,heavilyopeningandclosinginsilkenfolds,therivalstandardsofEnglandandFrance.

           AhundredgayandthoughtlessyoungFrenchmenweredrawinganettothepebblybeach,withindangerousproximitytothesullenbutsilentcannonofthefort,whiletheeasternmountainwassendingbacktheloudshoutsandgaymerrimentthatattendedtheirsport.Somewererushingeagerlytoenjoytheaquaticgamesofthelake,andotherswerealreadytoilingtheirwayuptheneighboringhills,withtherestlesscuriosityoftheirnation.

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