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On his feet he wore shoes or boots of the same material as his robe, so roughly made as to be almost round, from which circumstance the Spaniards called him Patagon, or Big-footed, a name they applied to all the people of that country.
That branch which reaches to the sea of Chiloé and beyond the lake of Nahuelhuaupi speaks the general language of Chili, differing only from the Pehuenches and Picunches in pronunciation. The others speak a mixed language, composed of the Moluche and Tehuel tongue, which latter is the Patagon; and these tribes, from their great stature, are evidently of Patagonian origin.
It's so that you may have more good things to eat in your basket." All at once, he heard a shout behind him; it was the portress Patagon who had followed him, and who was shaking her fist at him in the distance and crying: "You're nothing but a bastard." "Oh! Come now," said Gavroche, "I don't care a brass farthing for that!" Shortly afterwards, he passed the Hotel Lamoignon.
Gavroche disdainfully contented himself, by way of reprisal, with elevating the tip of his nose with his thumb and opening his hand wide. The rag-picker cried: "You malicious, bare-pawed little wretch!" The one who answered to the name of Patagon clapped her hands together in horror. "There's going to be evil doings, that's certain.
That was at the time when there were at the Tuileries great sheep that drew the little carriage of the King of Rome. Do you remember the King of Rome?" "I liked the Duc de Bordeau better." "I knew Louis XVIII. I prefer Louis XVIII." "Meat is awfully dear, isn't it, Mother Patagon?" "Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.
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