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All the open air and rapid transit he could get were not too much, till at lamplight he might sit down somewhere and hold himself to the manuscript. Meantime the Chapdelaines had been but a moment alone when more visitors rang a pair! Their feet could be seen under the gate two male, two female that is not a land where women have men's feet.
However, it was long before the Chapdelaines, in evening talk, ceased deploring the unheard-of August droughts, the unprecedented September frosts, which betrayed their hopes.
With hands under their gray sleeves two white-bonneted religieuses turned into Bourbon Street and rang the Chapdelaines' street bell. Mlle. Yvonne flutteringly let them into the garden, Mlle. Corinne into the house. The conversation was in English, for, though Sister Constance was French, Sister St. Anne, young, fair, and the chief speaker, was Irish.
Dubroca took time and the strength of both men, yet was achieved with a dignity hardly appreciated by the street children, who covered their mouths, averted their faces, and cheered as the two cars, the smaller leading, moved off and turned from Royal Street into Conti on their way to pick up the three Chapdelaines.
So when grand'mère and her two friends with Sidney and Mingo returned from the privateer to the hotel they were opposite neighbors to the Chapdelaines and almost without another friend, in a city among a people on fire with war. Then, pretty soon " the fair narrator stopped and significantly smiled. Chester twinkled. "Um-h'm," he said, "your grandpère's heart became another city on fire."
He was conscious that his state of doubt was disappointing to the Chapdelaines, and was anxious to restore his medical reputation. "Internal lesions are serious things, and often one cannot detect them. The wisest man in the world could tell you no more than I. We shall have to wait ... But perhaps it is not that we have to deal with." After some further investigation he shook his head.
"And look," said Ephrem Surprenant, "how many young fellows and only one girl!" The young men were duly counted: three Chapdelaines, Eutrope Gagnon, Lorenzo Surprenant, Francois Paradis. As for the one girl ... Every eye was turned upon Maria, who smiled feebly and looked down, confused.
Alexandre pushed behind, was lifted to her parlor. Returning to the street, Chester found the motors gone, MM. De l'Isle and Beloiseau gone with them, and only the two Dubrocas, the three Chapdelaines, and Cupid awaiting him.
Individuals sign indifferently, Denise, Denije or Deneije; Conrad or Courade; men bear such names as Hermenegilde, Aglae, Edwige. Edwige Legare had worked for the Chapdelaines these eleven summers.
Henri sent none away empty who asked his advice; some he dealt with in a few swift words amidst a general conversation where he bore his cheerful part; others at greater length in the privacy of an adjoining room. When the turn of the Chapdelaines came he looked at his watch. "We shall have dinner first. What say you, my good friends? You must have found an appetite on the road.
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