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Esmond stealing the spoons, or marrying a negro woman out of the kitchen." But, though she disdained to find the poor Biche guilty, and even thanked her for attending her son in his illness, she treated her with such a chilling haughtiness of demeanour, that the Indian slunk away into the servants' quarters, and there tried to drown her disappointments with drink.
We frequently tried to obtain information about the organization of the family among these natives, but, being dependent on biche la mar, we made small progress. My observations were supplemented later by the Rev. Mr. Drummond, for which I am very much indebted to him; some of these observations may be of interest. The population is divided into two clans the Bule and the Tabi.
"Decidedly, my son, the pheasants must have disagreed with you; I warned you at supper, but you would eat so much of them, as well as of those crabs." "No; I scarcely tasted them." "Then you are poisoned, perhaps. Ventre de biche! how pale you are!" "It is my mask," said the king. "Then you are not ill?" "No." "Then why wake me?" "Because I am annoyed."
"Ventre de biche!" thought Chicot; "my helmet is much attached to me, for, after having taken it myself to the Hotel Guise, it comes here to meet me again." At a sign from Borromée, the monks now formed into lines, while Chicot sat down on a bench to look on. Gorenflot stood up. "Attention," whispered Borromée to him.
"Ah! you make me a prisoner," cried Chicot; "I, an ambassador. Sire, you violate the rights of nations." Henri began to laugh, and Chicot could not help joining him. "You are mad," said Henri. "Why the devil did you want to go away from here, have you not been well treated?" "Too well, ventre de biche! too well. It seems to me as if I were like a goose being fattened.
He who was deaf to the wailing and lamentations of a whole city, had his ears open to the least whine of Biche, or his favorite Psyche, and never would have forgiven him who had dared to treat one of his dogs as so many of the noble and distinguished citizens of Leipsic were being treated in his name.
One would suppose you had been learning from men, and in the true spirit of Christian and brotherly love, grudged each other a piece of bread. Quiet, Biche, and don't be vexed that I compared you to human beings. I did not mean you were quite as bad as that." And gently stroking and caressing the offended Biche, he rose and seated himself in his velvet-covered fauteuil.
Just before noon, Moosetooth taking his place in the stern of the rear boat with a small steering oar, La Biche loosened the craft and Norman and Roy were on their first voyage in the historic flatboat of the Athabasca.
And then, all at once. Sergeant Moody's words came back to him "They've got track of DeBar again, up near Lac la Biche." The idea that burst upon him with the recalling of those words stopped Philip suddenly, and he turned back toward the barracks.
"Who instructed you in the holy mystery?" "My friend, the Comte de Monsoreau, a man zealous for religion." "Then," said the Duc de Guise, "as your highness has joined us, have the goodness to tell us what you intend to do for the league." "I intend to serve the Catholic religion in all its extent." "Ventre de biche!" thought Chicot, "why not propose this right out to the king?
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