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'They're what them French fellers call "galettes," observed Nimrod, biting one. 'Flour an' water, baked in the ashes. Turnpike bread is better what the ole gall makes to hum. Be it remarked that this periphrasis indicated his mother; and that the bread he alluded to is made with a species of leaven. 'So ye ate turnpikes too, remarked Andy, obliquely glancing at the speaker.
There were coaches, cabs, curricles, military supply wagons, great carts of hay drawn by oxen, some squadrons of Chasseurs d'Afrique, troops of microscopic little donkeys, negresses selling galettes, loads of emigrants from Alsasce, some Spahis in red cloaks.
He wished to have gone outside, lest his presence should incommode our poor Meg; but it had begun to rain, and we could not consent. Nor was Meg like a Frenchwoman, to want to break out in fits the moment the strain was over. He brought us out some galettes, as they call them, and each of us sisters had a draught of wine, which did us a great deal of good.
Mariotte had made galettes of buckwheat, the baroness produced a tea-caddy. The illustrious house of du Guenic served a little supper before the departure of its guests, consisting of fresh butter, fruits, and cream, in addition to Mariotte's cakes; for which festal event issued from their wrappings a silver teapot and some beautiful old English china sent to the baroness by her aunts.
In the clear winter-air we could distinctly trace the bold contour of the upper heights tipped by the central haystack, El Nublo, a giant trachytic monolith. We passed Confital Bay, whose 'comfits' are galettes of stone, and gave a wide berth to the Isleta and its Sphinx's head.
Our hostess now brought out one local dainty after another galettes, or flat cakes of rye and oaten flour, peculiar in flavour, and said to be extremely nutritious; cream, curds and whey, fresh butter, and wine and was quite distressed that we could not make a hearty afternoon meal.
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