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If Nicholas is late, it is, perhaps, because he has found something on the way, as he did yesterday this linen, boned from a washing-boat;" and she showed one of the pieces of linen which Amandine was unmarking; then, speaking to the child, she said, "What does boning mean?" "This means to take," answered the child, without raising her eyes.
I love you you love me; and I owe my life to you. But since you have been in prison, I am no longer the same; much has happened; I have reflected; and you shall no more be what you have been." "What do you mean to say?" "I never wish to leave you again. Neither do I wish to leave Francois and Amandine." "Your little brother and sister?"
Walls of plaster, a cot for Francois, a child's bedstead, very old, and much too short for Amandine, a heap of broken chairs and benches, the result of some of the drunken brawls and turbulent conduct which had taken place at the tavern; such was the interior of this den.
Francois is almost ready; when you are gone, Amandine shall make up for lost time." "Mother, I entreat you, consent to send the children away as apprentices far from here." "How many times must I tell you that they are in apprenticeship here?" The widow articulated these words in such a stern manner that Martial lost all hope of softening this heart of bronze.
Amandine was hardly visible under the bundle of clothes which she carried on her head. Nicholas and Calabash carried between them a deal box, on the top of which was placed the fourth roll of copper. "The box, the box!" cried Calabash, with impatience. "Let us air the case!" The copper was thrown on the ground.
We will just mention Ambrose Martial, imprisoned for life for robbery and attempt at murder The eldest girl, nicknamed Calabash, assisted her mother in the kitchen and to wait upon the guests; her sister, Amandine, aged nine years, gave what aid she could to them. On this night, thick, heavy clouds, driven by the winds, obscured the sky; hardly one star could be seen through the increasing gloom.
Amandine had remained kneeling in the middle of the kitchen. As soon as she saw the fate of her brother, she arose quickly, and, notwithstanding her alarm, went of her own accord to join him in his gloomy prison. The door was double-locked on the brother and sister. "It is the fault of Martial, if these children are like unchained devils against us," cried Nicholas.
A noise of footsteps approaching rapidly was heard behind the hedge; Francois and Amandine, who, thanks to the kindnss of Saint Remy, had not left La Louve, came rushing into the garden, crying: "La Louve, here is a fine lady with my lord: they want to see Fleur-de-Marie at once." "I was not mistaken," said Goualeuse. Almost at the same moment, Saint Remy appeared, accompanied by Lady d'Harville.
"But I say, Francois," said Amandine, after a pause, "if they knew that they were stolen, they would call us little thieves." "Who cares if they do?" "When it is not true, it's all the same; but now " "Since Nicholas has given us these, we have not stolen them." "Yes, but he did; he took them from a boat; and brother Martial says we must not steal."
These two noble generalissimi even found their way into monasteries and nunneries, and carried off their silver plate, actually, seizing the consecrated vessels used for the sacrament, saying that all such things would help the good cause. One day they entered a wealthy Bernardine monastery, where the miraculous tomb of Sainte Amandine was on view.