L’adjudant interrogea Fabrice, qui lui parla de son enthousiasme pour l’Empereur avec un accent fort suspect ; sur quoi ce sous-officier le pria de le suivre jusque chez le colonel, établi dans une ferme voisine.
The _adjudant_ questioned Fabrizio, who spoke to him of his enthusiasm for the Emperor in an accent which aroused grave suspicion; whereupon this under-officer requested our hero to go with him to the Colonel, whose headquarters were in a neighbouring farm.