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-- since he is a soldier of France ; yours , too , by that title . I am come here , from Algiers , to speak the truth in his name , and to save him for his own honor and the honor of my Empire . See here ! At noon , I have this paper , sent by a swift pigeon . Read it ! You see how he is to die , and why . Well , by my Cross , by my Flag , by my France , I swear that not a hair of his head shall be touched , and not a drop of blood in his veins shall be shed ! ''