Ammunition Annex "Jacqueline" Fortress Issy South of Paris
March 20, 1871:
Time 11:30 AM
Colonel Terrault was besides himself with happiness, and why not? With 48,000 francs a man could go far. He was thinking of the little farm he would purchase with all of this money. He would retire to a quiet life with his wife down near the city of Dax.
He would purchase a villa or chateau near the L'Adour River, have some cattle, some sheep, some pigs, horses & vineyards. Yes vineyards indeed! He would retire & live in style. With that much money plus what he and his wife already had they would live comfortably. Even have servants as well. He smiled, he would make sure his servants were all young girls. A man could dream & with 48,000 francs, he could dream big.
As he sat there dreaming, he went into his cabinet & got out a glass and a bottle of wine to celebrate his good fortune. He kept drinking and contemplating how to get this heavy box, small trunk really, out & back to his house without garnering too much attention. He would wheel it out himself tonight during evening mess. With all the soldiers either on guard duty or eating, he could get away with it, he was certain.
He took another drink. He laughed as he thought of the ugly little Major who was taking all of this ammunition. He thought of him as a "Laid petit singe". He laughed, yes he was an ugly little monkey. The young Captain, he was certainly a tall man, very big in fact. It would not surprise him to learn that a man of his size was in fact a former Imperial Guardsman. He took another drink of wine.
He thought of all the things his wife would want to buy. He would have to hide some of this money from her! She would waste it on things like.....well he couldn't think right now but he knew she would waste it on foolish things like, oh, well, furniture or something like that. Things that they didn't need that's for sure. He poured more wine into the glass.
He thought he would want to have a blond & brunette maid servant running about the house. A great idea entered his mind. He would convince his wife to go shopping into town whenever she liked! He would stay home with the two young maids & "supervise" them. Yes it was a great plan. He looked at the clock on the wall, it read 12:10, just after lunch. He finished another glass.
He began to hum a tune, then another & another. He started to laugh. The Commander of Fort Vincennes would wonder where all the ammo went! It was here the other day now it has vanished! He reached out and began to glass another pour of wine.
He began to think about riding the train down to Bordeaux, then to Dax. Then to find a place to buy. It was a great dream. He emptied his glass and decided to wine another pour of glass. He felt his head starting to swim, actually it had been swimming for a while, he just now noticed it.
He began to sing again, he didn't know what song it was but he knew he was good at it. All of a sudden he began to call for his staff officers completely forgetting that he had sent them on a mission yesterday. They would not return until tomorrow evening.
"Major Bessette, come in here at once!" "Captain Gallet, I need you at once!" They didn't show up. They never would. Nobody entered his office. The Colonel didn't even try to stand up. He then cried out; "Sergeant Voynet where are you?!" He went on; "I demand an investigation into this sensitive situation....I need to know immediately....this information, right now gentlemen, ...I need to know right now gentlemen,....which one of you....pissed in my pants?"
March 20, 1871:
Time 11:30 AM
Colonel Terrault was besides himself with happiness, and why not? With 48,000 francs a man could go far. He was thinking of the little farm he would purchase with all of this money. He would retire to a quiet life with his wife down near the city of Dax.
He would purchase a villa or chateau near the L'Adour River, have some cattle, some sheep, some pigs, horses & vineyards. Yes vineyards indeed! He would retire & live in style. With that much money plus what he and his wife already had they would live comfortably. Even have servants as well. He smiled, he would make sure his servants were all young girls. A man could dream & with 48,000 francs, he could dream big.
As he sat there dreaming, he went into his cabinet & got out a glass and a bottle of wine to celebrate his good fortune. He kept drinking and contemplating how to get this heavy box, small trunk really, out & back to his house without garnering too much attention. He would wheel it out himself tonight during evening mess. With all the soldiers either on guard duty or eating, he could get away with it, he was certain.
He took another drink. He laughed as he thought of the ugly little Major who was taking all of this ammunition. He thought of him as a "Laid petit singe". He laughed, yes he was an ugly little monkey. The young Captain, he was certainly a tall man, very big in fact. It would not surprise him to learn that a man of his size was in fact a former Imperial Guardsman. He took another drink of wine.
He thought of all the things his wife would want to buy. He would have to hide some of this money from her! She would waste it on things like.....well he couldn't think right now but he knew she would waste it on foolish things like, oh, well, furniture or something like that. Things that they didn't need that's for sure. He poured more wine into the glass.
He thought he would want to have a blond & brunette maid servant running about the house. A great idea entered his mind. He would convince his wife to go shopping into town whenever she liked! He would stay home with the two young maids & "supervise" them. Yes it was a great plan. He looked at the clock on the wall, it read 12:10, just after lunch. He finished another glass.
He began to hum a tune, then another & another. He started to laugh. The Commander of Fort Vincennes would wonder where all the ammo went! It was here the other day now it has vanished! He reached out and began to glass another pour of wine.
He began to think about riding the train down to Bordeaux, then to Dax. Then to find a place to buy. It was a great dream. He emptied his glass and decided to wine another pour of glass. He felt his head starting to swim, actually it had been swimming for a while, he just now noticed it.
He began to sing again, he didn't know what song it was but he knew he was good at it. All of a sudden he began to call for his staff officers completely forgetting that he had sent them on a mission yesterday. They would not return until tomorrow evening.
"Major Bessette, come in here at once!" "Captain Gallet, I need you at once!" They didn't show up. They never would. Nobody entered his office. The Colonel didn't even try to stand up. He then cried out; "Sergeant Voynet where are you?!" He went on; "I demand an investigation into this sensitive situation....I need to know immediately....this information, right now gentlemen, ...I need to know right now gentlemen,....which one of you....pissed in my pants?"
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