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And when Afrásiyáb returned, his sire, Poshang, in grief, refused to see his face. To him the day of happiness and joy Had been obscured by the dark clouds of night; And thus he said: "Why didst thou, why didst thou In power supreme, without pretence of guilt, With thy own hand his precious life destroy? Why hast thou shed thy innocent brother's blood?
The King and his Viziers, whom this scene had rendered very attentive to the conversation, said then to the old man, "What! do you acknowledge him for your ancestor?" "Yes, sire," replied he: "he is the great-great-father of my father." He could not finish these words without bursting again into tears. He afterwards took him by the hand, and conducted him through the house.
The master of the horse was as pale as the King, and without condescending to answer Richelieu, he advanced steadily toward Louis XIII, who looked at him with the air of a man who has just received a sentence of death. "You would, Sire, find it difficult to have me arrested, for I have twenty thousand men under my command," said Henri d'Effiat, in a sweet and subdued voice.
An' Saxon, honest to God, that pair'd fetch five hundred at auction down in the city. Both mares, full sisters, five an' six years old, registered Belgian sire, out of a heavy standard-bred mare that I know. Three hundred takes 'em, an' I got the refusal for three days." Saxon's regret changed to indignation. "Oh, why did you show them to me? We haven't any three hundred, and you know it.
The president Pastoret, a moderate constitutionalist, beloved alike by the king and the people, because, with the doctrines of power, he possessed the acuteness of the diplomatist and the language of the constitution, replied, "Sire, your presence in this assembly is a fresh oath you take of fidelity to your country: the rights of the people were forgotten and all power confused.
"Your majesty gave away your last bottle in the village behind." "But she will die!" exclaimed the emperor, as bending over the poor old woman, he took her skinny hand in his. "We must die," murmured she, while her parched tongue protruded from her mouth. "Sire, you are in danger," whispered Lacy,
Antoine upon our hands once more. The Emperors set face and firm manner showed it was hopeless, and yet my cousin persevered as no one but a woman who pleads for her lover would have dared to do. 'He is harmless, Sire. 'His death will frighten others. 'Spare him and I will answer for his loyalty. 'What you ask is impossible. Constant and I raised her from the ground.
"Then, sire, what did that robber whom you have taken under your protection come to do here, and why did he prowl about at night?" "If you have not guessed why, my crony, I order you to remain in ignorance. That is one of my secrets." "Then the devil is in my house!" cried the miser, piteously.
"SIRE, a fresh dispatch." "Whence?" "From Tomsk?" "Is the wire cut beyond that city?" "Yes, sire, since yesterday." "Telegraph hourly to Tomsk, General, and keep me informed of all that occurs." "Sire, it shall be done," answered General Kissoff. These words were exchanged about two hours after midnight, at the moment when the fete given at the New Palace was at the height of its splendor.
"No such thing," answered the Minister; "did not Your Majesty condescend to notice at the last fete that this eclipsed moon was encompassed in a firmanent of stars. You would, Sire, make him the happiest of mortals were you to nominate him a member of your Legion of Honour." "Does he want nothing else?" said Napoleon, as if relieved at once of an oppressive burden.
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