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The Whigs say, that Calhoun has been "bought" by the administration; and the other party, that Clay and Webster have been "bought" by the Bank. The histories of the revolution tell us that Benedict Arnold was "bought" by British gold, and that Williams, Paulding, and Van Wert, could not be "bought" by Major Andre.
Every precaution was immediately taken for the security of West Point, after which the attention of the Commander-in-Chief was turned to Andre.
How was it?" "As such climates always are to me, intoxicating to-day, enervating to-morrow." "How long were you there?" "Three months." "I feel tropically inclined, so tell us about it." "There is nothing to tell." "I'll prove that by a catechism. Where did you stay?" "In Havana." "Of course, but with whom?" "Gabriel André." "The father of the saffron youth?" "Yes."
Jameson, seeking to correct the mischief of his indiscreet communication to Arnold, immediately dispatched a packet to the Commander-in-Chief containing the papers which had been discovered, with a letter from Andre relating the manner of his capture and accounting for the disguise he had assumed.
It is I." Some one is seated in the shadow a woman, she whom all Paris knows and who is hiding herself from the public gaze. Andre sits down by her side, and so, close to one another, mother and son tremblingly watch the progress of the play. It astonished the audience at first.
Andre replied that he meant that she was religious, and had vowed a sort of feudal service to God and His bonzes. "But how does that affect you?" "I don't want to share my wife with any one." "What! You are jealous even of your wife's ideas? Why, you're more selfish even than the Commandant!" "It's all very well for you to talk: would you take a woman who did not love music?" "I have done so."
Suddenly it occurred to him that he had overheard some expression among the officers around the General of a desire to know more particularly about the disposition of the Turkish force, and the suggestion that a spy should be sent out. His brow cleared at once; with almost a triumphant look on his countenance, he turned sharply to Andre, and seized his arm.
Ah! mother! do you think I can forget you and Monsieur Andre?" And when he had finished, and given a peculiar turn to his hair, no one would have recognized him.
He was in luck, ce beau garcon, for he was getting an angel for his wife. Did Monsieur know that Mademoiselle Antoinette was an angel? At last I was ready, arrayed in my best, on the gallery, when Monsieur de St. Gre came. Andre and another servant carried me down into the court, and there stood a painted sedan-chair with the St. Gre arms on the panels.
"As to that, my good André," quoth Madame, "you must remember that when our father and mother decided that a marriage between me and M. le Duc d'Agen was desirable, my personal feelings and character were never consulted for a moment .
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