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Gustave entered L'Ecole des Beaux Arts and became quite a noted artist, coming out in the Salon of 1857 with the painting 'L'Obole de Cesar'. He also exhibited a little later various 'tableaux de genre': 'Buffet de chemin de fer' , 'A la Sacristie' and 'Un Succes de Salon' , 'Monsieur le Cure, vous avez Raison' and 'Un Froid Sec' .

Sir Amyas barked a kind of laugh. "Vous avez raisong," he said with a deplorable accent. "As her Grace would say. And you come purely by chance to Chartley, no doubt!" The sneer was unmistakable. Robin met it full. "Not for one moment, sir. I was on my way to Derby. I could have saved a few miles if I had struck north long ago. But Chartley is interesting in these days."

I said to the Comte de Paris, 'How is the Emperor to attack Germany? Nobody thought at first that the war would be in France; but we were soon undeceived, and I speedily discovered the danger. The Duc d'Aumale wrote to me, 'Vous avez devine ma pensee de Francais et de soldat. I had hired a small moor at Ballachulish from Cameron, the innkeeper there.

The doctor told the bourgeois that Courant was to go with his train to California, and the apple-cheeked factor grinned and raised his eyebrows: "Vous avez de la chance! He's a good guide. Even Kit Carson, who conducted the General Fremont, is no better." The general satisfaction did not extend to Susan. The faint thrill of antagonism that the man had roused in her persisted.

"Sit down," she repeated insistently, tapping on a chair behind him. He sat down, coughed, tugged at his collar, and sang his song. "Charmant," pronounced Varvara Pavlovna, "you sing very well, vous avez du style, again." She walked round the piano and stood just opposite Panshin. He sang it again, increasing the melodramatic tremor in his voice.

'Persuade que vous trouverez, Milord, dans cette marque flatteuse de la bienveillance du Roi, une preuve du prix que Sa Majeste attache au service important que, suivant les intentions toujours si amicales de l'Angleterre, Son ancienne et fidele alliee, vous avez rendu a Son Gouvernement dans les circonstances penibles ou il s'est trouve, je m'empresse de vous envoyer ci-joint la decoration qui vous est destinee.

With a sweeping bow and with all the dignity of a statesman he began: "Mesdames et Messieurs: J'ai, tu as, il a, nous avons," with a magnificent gesture, "vous avez." The French members of the company were not equal to his pronunciation and were under the impression that he was still talking English.

She turned and withered me with a rather overdone contempt 'bourgeoise, I said to myself, as I looked at her 'Vous avez laisse votre parasol. She turned, and with a rapacious movement darted upon her parasol. How her soul was in her possessions! I stood and watched her. Then she went into the road and under the trees, haughty, a demoiselle. She had on white kid boots.

"Je suis most happy a avez le plaisir a-makez votre acquaintance, Mile. Paoli. J'ai already l'honneur de being partially acquainted with votre oncle, General di Paoli, and a fine fellow he is. And my eye! won't he be surprised to see you?

Monsieur Bourdinave was at this time traveling on business. The sisters spent that evening at our house as was not unusual. On these occasions we often sang hymns; and I had just set the tune of "Chantez de Dieu le renom" "Chantez de Dieu le renom, Vous serviteurs du Seigneur! Venez pour lui faire honneur, Vous qui avez eu ce don"