I am now! "One evening, just before the war (I rememb

E I had taken pains to locate the stops
with reference to the wells. Some people go equipped for this kind of expedition with a hundred regulars, and even cannon. I am for the tradition of Douls and Rene Callie, I go alone. I was at that perfect moment when
only one thin thread still held me to the civilized world
when an
official cable arrived at Wargla. "Lieutenant de Saint-Avit," it said briefly, "will
delay his departure until the arrival of Captain Morhange, who will accompany him on his expedition
of exploration." I was more than disappointed. I alone had had the

idea of this expedition. I had had all the difficulty

that you can imagine to make the authorities agree to it. And now when I
was rejoicing at the idea of the long hours I would spend alone with myself in the heart of the desert,
they sent me a stranger, and, to make matters worse,
a superior. The condolences of my comrades aggravated my bad humor. The Yearly
Report, consulted on the spot, had given them the following information: "Morhange (Jean-Marie-Francois),
class of 1881. Breveted. Captain, unassigned. (Topographical Service of the Army.)"
"There is the explanation for you," said one. "They are sending one of their creatures to pull the chestnuts out of the fire,
after you have had all the trouble
of making it. Breveted! That's a

great way. The theories of Ardant du Picq or else nothing

about here." "I don't

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