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bah ! '' said he . `` We have been betrayed ; if we had not , the English and Prussians could never have forced us to retreat . '' We did nothing but dispute this point till eight o'clock in the evening . By this time we had reached a village called Bouvigny . We were so tired that our legs were as stiff as stakes , and for a long while we had needed a great deal of courage to take a single step . We were certain that the Prussians were no longer near , and as I had money we went into an inn and asked for a bed .