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1  They saw no one, and the bastion seemed abandoned.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
2  Arrived at the bastion, the four friends turned round.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 46 THE BASTION SAINT-GERVAIS
3  They knew all they wished to know; the bastion was guarded.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
4  We are going, in order to win it, to remain an hour in the bastion.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 46 THE BASTION SAINT-GERVAIS
5  The matter was to ascertain, by reconnoitering, how the enemy guarded this bastion.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
6  As Athos had foreseen, the bastion was only occupied by a dozen corpses, French and Rochellais.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 47 THE COUNCIL OF THE MUSKETEERS
7  At the turning of the counterscarp they found themselves within about sixty paces of the bastion.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
8  They arrived thus, screened by the lining of the trench, till they came within a hundred paces of the bastion.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
9  The young man turned quickly round, for this attack could not have come from the bastion, which was hidden by the angle of the trench.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
10  In fact the Rochellais had made a sortie during the night, and had retaken a bastion of which the royal army had gained possession two days before.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
11  He aimed a terrible blow at d'Artagnan, who avoided it by springing to one side; but by this movement he left a passage free to the bandit, who darted off toward the bastion.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
12  If we are not, we shall have all the time to talk, and nobody will hear us--for I guarantee the walls of the bastion have no ears; if we are, we will talk of our affairs just the same.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 46 THE BASTION SAINT-GERVAIS
13  As the Rochellais who guarded the bastion were ignorant of the intentions of the man they saw coming toward them, they fired upon him, and he fell, struck by a ball which broke his shoulder.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
14  It was not known whether, after the taking of the bastion, the Rochellais had evacuated it or left a garrison in it; the object then was to examine the place near enough to verify the reports.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
15  All the spectators returned him his salute, accompanying this courtesy with a loud hurrah which was audible to the four; after which all four disappeared in the bastion, whither Grimaud had preceded them.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 46 THE BASTION SAINT-GERVAIS
16  I hope what you have to tell me is worth the trouble, or else, I warn you, I will not pardon you for making me come here instead of getting a little rest after a night spent in taking and dismantling a bastion.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 46 THE BASTION SAINT-GERVAIS
17  And bowing to all the astonished persons present, the young men took the road to the bastion St. Gervais, followed by Grimaud, who carried the basket, ignorant of where he was going but in the passive obedience which Athos had taught him not even thinking of asking.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 46 THE BASTION SAINT-GERVAIS
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