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Updated: June 16, 2025
I'm sure I for one can't guess how we ever got out alive." "And yet, M. Henri wasn't wounded," said Jean; "well it was wonderful. After all, General d'Elbee must be right; Providence must give a shake to a rebel's arm, just as he's firing, so as to send his bullet anywhere but where it's meant to go." "Yes," said Bourdin, "and it directs the shot of a royalist right into a rebel's heart."
"You shall know it, I will answer for it." "Ah! my dear comrade, how can I express my gratitude?" "Come, come, now, general." "It is understood, my good Bourdin, that in this affair your fees shall be the same as for an arrest."
He also mentions that Francis I. preferred to employ native workmen, and that the Italians were retained only to furnish the designs and lead the new style; and in giving the names of the most noted French cabinet makers and carvers of this time, he adds that Jacques Lardant and Michel Bourdin received no less than 15,700 livres for a number of "buffets de salles," "tables garnies de leurs tréteaux," "chandeliers de bois" and other articles.
"Vulgar people, my dear a herd of riff-raff, who, for the miserable sum of sixty thousand francs, of which they pretend I have despoiled them, have carried a complaint against me for an abuse of confidence, and forced me to give up my commission." "Really! general? Ah, well! this is a misfortune! How shall we work no more for you?" "I am on half-pay, my good Bourdin; here I am on an allowance."
"This old woman will rouse all the people in the house against us. We are paid, and our expenses also; let us be off!" said Bourdin to Malicorne. "Here are your documents," said the last-named individual, throwing a bundle of papers at Morel's feet. "Pick them up, and deliver them properly!
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