Ay, and it is a coward's trick to let him die.

I shall have her, but shall I have her esteem?
What will the army say?
What will my conscience say?
Oh! I feel already it will gnaw my heart to death; the ghost of that brave fellow--once my dear friend, my rival now, by no fault of his--will rise between her and me, and reproach me with my bloody inheritance.

The heart never deceives; I feel it now whispering in my ear: 'Skulking captain, white-livered soldier, that stand behind a parapet while a better man does your work! you assassinate the husband, but the rival conquers you.' There, he puts his hand to his eyes.

What shall I do ?" "Colonel," said a low voice, and at the same time a hand was laid on his shoulder.
It was General Raimbaut.

The general looked pale and distressed.
"Come apart, colonel, for Heaven's sake! One word, while he is writing.
Ah! that was an unlucky idea of yours." "Of mine, general ?" "'Twas you proposed to cast lots." "Good God! so it was." "I thought of course it was to be managed so that Raynal should not be the one.