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Santerre. *
misery . I would wager that ,, though he came with the intention of supping , he is at this moment saddling his horse , to return home , without stopping . " This supposition proved to be a reality , for w e quickly heard the trot of a horse in the court-yard , and the turning of the gate upon its hinges a minute afterwhen all was
, silent , and we sadly turned to the table without uttering a word . I felt so dreadfully depressed that I could eat nothing , and it was only out of respect to my host and his companion that I did not follow the example of M . Firmin , not to fly as he had donebut to go out in order to inhale the fresh airwhich was
, , far more necessary to me than supper . " Well , " said I to my host , when he had set me the example of deserting the table , and drawing his large arm-chair to the stove , where an excellent wood fire was blazing , " pray , relieve my anxiety by the recital you have promised me , that I may rid myself of the species of night-mare , under which I
am labouring . " " I doubt much if am about to do you a service , " replied he ; " for even when I think of the horrible history , I am quite upset , and although it is almost a year since it occurred , I have never since had a good night ' s rest : you had only left for Paris two months before it happened . "
I intimated by a movement of my head my desire that he should continue his narration . " Without doubt , " said he , " you remember the horrors that were committed by a band of brigands , with whose doings we were so often occupied % "
" Great powers ! I guess , " cried I , wringing my hands . " Rose and her father were assassinated by those miscreants . " " Much worse than that , " replied my host , with a melancholy smile , which made me regret having again interrupted him . " Doubtless , " he continued , " you have also not forgotten the day when you saw the officers stop and refresh
themselves at Pierre Renard ' s , and that he then said that these robbers formed the topic of all the conversation in the country . " " Perfectly , and this brave man regretted that they had not paid him a visit . I think I now see the threatening manner in which he shook his fists , and I believe in truth , that three or four thieves would not have shone in the affray , if they had found him awake and stirring , as he was pleased to remark . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Santerre. *
misery . I would wager that ,, though he came with the intention of supping , he is at this moment saddling his horse , to return home , without stopping . " This supposition proved to be a reality , for w e quickly heard the trot of a horse in the court-yard , and the turning of the gate upon its hinges a minute afterwhen all was
, silent , and we sadly turned to the table without uttering a word . I felt so dreadfully depressed that I could eat nothing , and it was only out of respect to my host and his companion that I did not follow the example of M . Firmin , not to fly as he had donebut to go out in order to inhale the fresh airwhich was
, , far more necessary to me than supper . " Well , " said I to my host , when he had set me the example of deserting the table , and drawing his large arm-chair to the stove , where an excellent wood fire was blazing , " pray , relieve my anxiety by the recital you have promised me , that I may rid myself of the species of night-mare , under which I
am labouring . " " I doubt much if am about to do you a service , " replied he ; " for even when I think of the horrible history , I am quite upset , and although it is almost a year since it occurred , I have never since had a good night ' s rest : you had only left for Paris two months before it happened . "
I intimated by a movement of my head my desire that he should continue his narration . " Without doubt , " said he , " you remember the horrors that were committed by a band of brigands , with whose doings we were so often occupied % "
" Great powers ! I guess , " cried I , wringing my hands . " Rose and her father were assassinated by those miscreants . " " Much worse than that , " replied my host , with a melancholy smile , which made me regret having again interrupted him . " Doubtless , " he continued , " you have also not forgotten the day when you saw the officers stop and refresh
themselves at Pierre Renard ' s , and that he then said that these robbers formed the topic of all the conversation in the country . " " Perfectly , and this brave man regretted that they had not paid him a visit . I think I now see the threatening manner in which he shook his fists , and I believe in truth , that three or four thieves would not have shone in the affray , if they had found him awake and stirring , as he was pleased to remark . "