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gagne ! " For a few seconds Nevile gave no sign, then, 

 taking his cigar from his lips, he looked them straight 

 in the face while he ripped out with sharp decisive 

 accent, " Eh bien, messieurs ! et les Prussiens aussi." 

 This was indeed a dangerous reply, for it was but the 

 second Grand Prix that had been run since the Prussians 

 quitted Paris, and the next minute we found ourselves 

 involved in a free fight. Our own friends, with all the 

 other English in the place, rallied round us, when, 

 though outnumbered, we had by no means the worst 

 of the melee, as the police arrived on the scene to part 

 the combatants. 



One of the features of Raehills sport was just one 

 day at the stooks — not perhaps the most exciting method 

 of shooting grouse, and more often than not the outcome 

 of a double desire to pass time on a wet day (the best 

 for the purpose) and please the farmers whose stooks are 

 sufi'ering. A high-lying cornfield on the edge of the 

 moor must be the scene of operations, where it is quite 

 good time to arrive by one o'clock in the afternoon. 

 Seats are then made behind the stone wall of the field, 



