Note * — Chapter II · THE DUEL À MORT.
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The episode of a Russian spy at Varna was not without a parallel during the siege. "A captain of Zouaves was observed in the French trenches for the last four or five days. As he was always bothering the men working at their guns, the officer commanding the battery called out, 'Who is that captain of Zouaves that is interfering with my men, and not attending to his duty.' The fellow appeared confused, and the men began 'to smell a rat.' He jumped over the works, and though fired upon, got safely into Sebastopol."