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"Wherever they have come from, Therese, they are unfortunate; and their attic is cold." "Pardi! the roof is broken in several places and the rain comes through in streams. They have neither furniture nor clothing. I don't think cabinet-makers and weavers work much for Christians of that sect!"
His words were not without effect; they kindled chivalry in hearts that, after all, were nothing if not prone to chivalry according to their own lights and presently something very near enthusiasm prevailed. But the supercilious and very noble Ombreval still grumbled. "To ask me to fight this scum!" he ejaculated in horror "Pardi! It is too much.
The great and rich are welcomed, smiling, up the grand staircase of the world; the poor but aspiring must clamber up the wall, or push and struggle up the back stair, or, PARDI, crawl through any of the conduits of the house, never mind how foul and narrow, that lead to the top.
"Going to buy the farm!... You going to sell the farm away from me?" roared young Tom, like the bull wounded to the quick. "Ouaie, pardi! And why not? You had the chance of saving it and you wouldn't." "If you do it, I'll " "Ouaie! You'll " "I'll Go'zammin, I'll I'll " "Unless you're a fool, mon gars, you'll be careful what you say or do.
Aubins. "That Chevalier of Champsavoys and the other Duc de Bercy," interposed the centenier. Maitre Damian tapped his stick upon the ground, and said oracularly: "It is not for me to say, but which is the rightful Duke and which is not, there is the political question!" "Pardi, that's it," answered the centenier.
Between the arches, on each side of the aisle, were painted trophies, on which were written the names of some of Napoleon's Generals and of their principal deeds of arms and not their deeds of arms alone, pardi, but their coats of arms too. O stars and garters! but this is too much.
She went to open it, and from his seat by the hearth La Boulaye heard a gentle, mincing voice that was oddly familiar to him. "Madame," it said, "we are two poor, lost wayfarers, and we crave shelter for the night. We will pay you handsomely." "I am desolated that I have no room, Messieur," she answered, with courteous firmness. "Pardi!" interpolated another voice. "We need no room.
"Pardi!" exclaimed Loubet, "it's not such a difficult matter to cut a dash when one travels with a coach and four!" The staff had found Altkirch free from the enemy; not a Prussian had shown his face there yet.
And so it was that in the soldiers, children of a larger growth, their bright dreams of other days had now been supplanted by exaggerated anticipations of misfortune. "Pardi!" continued Chouteau, "the thing is accounted for easily enough, since our rulers have been selling us to the enemy right from the beginning. You all know that it is so." Lapoulle's rustic simplicity revolted at the idea.
"Pardi, Monsieur," returned she, "and so I shall; for, I promise you, I think the English a parcel of brutes; and I'll go back to France as fast as I can, for I would not live among none of you." "Who wants you?" cried the Captain: "do you suppose, Madam French, we have not enough of other nations to pick our pockets already? I'll warrant you, there's no need for you for to put in your oar."
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