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was breaking the orders Of his SUI
periors, but she met his remon-
strances with storm of indignant
reproaches.
Your superiors arc not my super.
iors," exclaimed Nine. Herail, land
owe them no obedience Did one
ever hear of such tyranny? Their
orders are an outrage on personal
liberty and the rights Of a wife
There is no power in France that
can make me leave my husband or
keep my children away from their
father"
Finally, Nine. Herail burst into
tears and her husband. instead of
pressing her TO go, fell on her bosom
and wept with her
The colonel of the regiment, who
learned that his orders and warnings
we're being disregarded by Nine.
Herail. called his officers together
again. This was a third warning TO
them. He did not wish to appear to
be striking especially at Captain
Herail. for whom he had a high re.
gard. and he told them all that very
severe punishment would be in.
f1icted on those who disobeyed the
order. The disobedient, he said,
would be sent back from the front,
which under the circumstances would
be a humilfating disgrace for a
soldier.
Then he turned to Captain Herail
and asked him to speak OUT like A
soldier and without beating about
the bush" and tell him why his wife
did not go away. Captain Herail en-.
deavored TO make an explanation.
but instead of saying that he had
been struggling vainly to make her
go away, he tried, out of affection for
his wife, TO excuse her conduct and
to offer special reasons why she
should remain.
The colonel then lost his patience
and inflicted fifteen days close ar
rest on the captain. and made a re-
port to the general of the brigade
that the captain should be sent back
to the depot at Narbonne. The gen.
eral approved the recommendation
and in addition said that the captain
should not receive the Cross of the
Legion OF Honor for which he had
been recommended The colonel or
dered Major Boucher. the immediate
superior OF Captain Herail, to keep
the latter under arrest in his rooms
at 26. rue de la Sous Prefecture,
Compiegne, where he lodged with
Nine. Mason.
II was here that the climax of
this unique drama occurred at about
8 o'clock in the evening. Major
BoucheG came into Captain Herails
room. The latter's wife remained
concealed in the next room. She
Major Bouchez, who knew that she
was there. .'aised his voice so that
Sue could hear perfectly the reproofs
which he addressed to his comrade
The interview lasted an hour and the
major demonstrated fully to Captain
Herail the terrible and disgraceful
situation in which he would be
placed, from a military point Of
view. at this supreme crisis of the
French nation, If he did not obey
orders by sending his wife away.
You Will be sent before a court
martial said Major Boucher, "for
refusing to obey the orders of your
superiors, You will be struck from
the list of the Legion Of Honor, and
you Will be sent back from the front
TO the depot with the crlpples and
the old women. You would be bet
ter off II you were dead"
Captain Herail went into the next
room and addressed his wife:
You have heard what he has said /?
must insist that you go away i'm.
mediately. Co."
II will not Co." said Nine. HeraiI.
squaring her shoulders and settling
down upon a divan.
II give you the order to go i'm
mediately." repeated her husband
with anger.
"As a matter of morality" said
Nine. Herail. you have no right to
give me such An order"
I'VE are not in the domain Of alb
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