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Il produisait, sur les yeux du public de ce temps, l'effet de la pleine lumière sur les yeux du hibou." There was more than one reason for this remarkable picture surprising and shocking the sensibilities of the public.
As she explained to Madame Boiset, it was of no use to try, since between their natures there were fixed not only a great gulf, but several whole ranges of the Alps, and whereas the Hibou sat gazing at the stars from their topmost peak, she was picking flowers in the plain and singing as she picked them. The Pasteur did not make matters better by the extremely forced gaiety of his demeanour.
Montagu's Harrier is not included by Professor Ansted in his list, nor is there a specimen in the Museum. LONGEARED OWL. Asiootus, Linnaeus. French, "Hibou vulgaire," "Hibou moyen due." The Long-eared Owl seems only a very rare and accidental visitant to the Channel Islands. I have never met with it myself, but Mr.
'This is little Tommy, the patrol leader of the Owls. 'Mon Dieu' I cried, 'an Owl! Un Hibou! Is he then stupid as an owl? I could see that the Tommy so small frowned savagely, but the Sub-Lieutenant laughed. 'You will see presently if he is stupid. I have forty miles of coast to watch, and I do it all with Boy Scouts like this one. 'Nom d'un chien, I cried.
Indeed, in her pretty little head she was already planning certain alterations in the arrangement of the furniture, to make it more comfortable to the very different tastes of the new comer. Still, she was truly sorry to lose her friend the Hibou, although she had not been able to fulfil her mother's wish, and make him fall in love with her, or even to fall in love with him herself.
"We followed quickly behind Tommy, but saw him not, and joined my men, who still watched the house. The Sub-Lieutenant and I moved warily, climbed over the wall of the garden, and crept along the grass, soft like moss to our feet, till we could see the boat-house stand out against the dull shine of the river. There was no sign of the presence of le petit Hibou.
Do you remember how we used to tell stories in the dormitory, and Madame Hibou, the French governess, would come out of bed and interrupt us with her hooting? Have you forgot the poor dancing-master, who told us he had been waylaid by assassins, but who was beaten, it appears, by my lord your brother's footmen? Esmond.
An oath, if not relief in itself, conduces to that effect, and it happened in this case that a stranger heard it. "You are English," said the stranger, turning shortly upon Ralph Flare. "I am not," replied that youth, "I am an American." "Then we are countrymen," cried the other. "Have you dwelt long in the Hôtel du Hibou?"
Once Juliette discovered him thus, having come to the observatory to tell him that his dinner had been waiting for half an hour, and for a while watched him unnoted with the little shaded lamp shining on his face. Instantly, in her quick fashion, she christened him, Hibou, and Hibou or Owl, became his nickname in that establishment.
"Come to dinner, the chicken it grows cold," but to herself she added, "He is an odd bird, this English hibou, but attractive when he is not so grave." Meanwhile Godfrey continued to ponder his mighty problem.
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