Sans rien dire, La Rose tira de sa poche un petit livret de parchemin, écrivit quelques lignes, et, déchirant une feuille, la remit à Fabrice ; le colonel répéta l’ordre à celui-ci, ajoutant qu’après deux heures de faction il serait relevé, comme de juste, par un des trois cavaliers blessés qui étaient avec lui.
Without saying a word, La Rose took from his pocket a little parchment book, wrote a few lines, and, tearing out a leaf, handed it to Fabrizio; the colonel repeated the order to him, adding that after two hours on duty he would be relieved, as was right and proper, by one of the three wounded troopers he had with him.