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The Trumpet-Major
- Form
- Form Novel
- Year
- Year 1880
- Pages
- Pages 320
Napoleon is expected on the coast any night, and a cavalry regiment camps above the mill where the miller's two sons love the same girl. The trumpet-major stands aside for his brother, then walks out the door and off to die in Spain.
The admiral’s flag sank behind the watery line, and in a minute the very truck of the last topmast stole away. The Victory was gone.
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