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They decided that they were tired of the Français , sick of the Bois , bored to death with the boulevards , that they wanted to see for themselves the famous French colonies which were for ever being talked about in the Chamber . They determined to travel . No sooner was the determination come to than they were off . Hôtel des Colonies , Marseilles ; steamboat , _ Le Général Chanzy _ ; five o'clock on a splendid , sunny afternoon -- Algiers , with its terraces , its white villas , its palms , trees , and its Spahis ! '' `` But -- '' I began . He foresaw my objection . `` There were Spahis , and that 's a point of my story .