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The forge at Aubergenville was kept by a smith of some skill, a cheerful fellow, whom I always remembered to reward, considering my own position rather than his services, with a gold livre.

The king insisted on returning it to me, and for several years I rode it on these annual visits to Rosny. What was more remarkable was that on each of these occasions it cast a shoe about the middle of the afternoon, and always when we were within a short league of the village of Aubergenville.

Is he not brother to the smith at Aubergenville who has just shod my horse?"

But he was none of these, and, obeying the King's gesture, I bent myself anew to the task of listening. The girl looked up at the man's entrance, but did not rise. "You are late, Martin," she said. "A little," the new-comer answered. "How do you do, Master Andrew? What news of Aubergenville?"

The King insisted on returning it to me, and for several years I rode it on these annual visits to Rosny. What was more remarkable was, that on each of these occasions it cast a shoe about the middle of the afternoon, and always when we were within a short league of the village of Aubergenville.

The forge at Aubergenville was kept by a smith of some skill, a cheerful fellow, whom I rewarded, in view rather of my position than his services, with a gold piece.

Is he not brother to the smith at Aubergenville who has just shod my horse?" La Trape professed to be ignorant on the point.