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`` Then that will learn her what a poor soldier has to go through . '' Even this consolation was denied Private Dard . Corporal Coriolanus Gand , a bit of an infidel from Lyons , who sometimes amused himself with the Breton 's superstition , told him with a grave face , that the splinter belonged not to him , but to the sutler , and , though so small , was doubtless a necessary part of his frame . `` If you keep that , it will be a bone of contention between you two , '' said he ; `` especially at midnight . HE WILL BE ALWAYS COMING BACK TO YOU FOR IT . '' `` There , take it away ! '' said the Breton hastily , `` and bury it with the poor fellow . ''