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He went off so happy that he gesticulated as he walked, and people thought he was crazy. "Who is that brute?" asked the colonel. "A fine fellow and a brave soldier. I will tell you what I know about him. It is funny enough. "You know that at the commencement of the war of 1870 I was shut up in Bezieres, that this negro calls Bezi. We were not besieged, but blockaded.
One of the officers was commander of a battalion, the other was a colonel. The former said: "I do not know you, sir. I am at a loss to know what you want of me." "Me like you much, Lieutenant Vedie, siege of Bezi, much grapes, find me." The officer, utterly bewildered, looked at the man intently, trying to refresh his memory. Then he cried abruptly: "Timbuctoo?"
One of the officers was commander of a battalion, the other was a colonel. The former said: "I do not know you, sir. I am at a loss to know what you want of me." "Me like you much, Lieutenant Vedie, siege of Bezi, much grapes, find me." The officer, utterly bewildered, looked at the man intently, trying to refresh his memory. Then he cried abruptly: "Timbuctoo?"
One loaf was equal to ten pounds; this brought the commodity down to eight pence a pound of fifteenth century money. The sugar of Cyprus was also highly esteemed; that of Bezi, in the Straits of Sunda, was the most plentiful; but the West Indian produce, as well as that of Mauritius, Madeira, and other cane-growing countries, was unknown.
He went off so happy that he gesticulated as he walked, and people thought he was crazy. "Who is that brute?" asked the colonel. "A fine fellow and a brave soldier. I will tell you what I know about him. It is funny enough. "You know that at the commencement of the war of 1870 I was shut up in Bezieres, that this negro calls Bezi. We were not besieged, but blockaded.
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