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When the gentlemen were placed in line, and attention was commanded, the General turned round to converse with his coadjutors no sooner had he done this than about twenty heroes squatted a l'Indien; no doubt deeming it more consistent, the day being warm, to sit than stand.
Une élégante forme de politesse. C'est aux Indes, et un Indien rend compte au gouverneur d'une partie de chasse qui a été organisée en l'honneur d'un jeune lord de passage. "Eh bien?" fait le gouverneur. "Oh!" dit l'Indien, "le jeune Sahib a tiré divinement; mais Dieu a été très miséricordieux pour les petits oiseaux." Comme cela est finement dit!
With unearthly howls and shrieks, a l'Indien, he pranced about the room, incidentally giving Edison a scare that made him jump up from his work. He saw the joke quickly, however, and joined in the general merriment caused by this prank.
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