" See if I don't get promoted to a sublieutenancy.
" "Inform the prince that I the bridge fired!" said the colonel triumphantly and gaily.
"And if he asks about the losses?" "A trifle," said the colonel in his bass voice: "two hussars wounded, and one knocked out," he added, unable to restrain a happy smile, and pronouncing the phrase "knocked out" with ringing distinctness.
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