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"Well, Brument said to me, 'Do you wish to earn a hundred sous? 'Yes, I replied, seeing that a hundred sous are not picked up in a horse's tracks.
The judge continued his interrogation. "Well, then, Mme. Brument, they came into your house and threw you into a barrel full of water. Tell us the details. Stand up." She rose. She looked as tall as a flag pole with her cap which looked like a white skull cap. She said in a drawling tone: "I was shelling beans. Just then they came in. I said to myself, 'What is the matter with them?
The witness began to laugh so persistently that a gendarme was obliged to punch him in the back. Having quieted down, he resumed: "In short, Brument exclaimed: 'Nothing doing, that is not enough. I bawled and bawled, and bawled again, he punched me, I hit back. That would have kept on till the Day of judgment, seeing we were both drunk. "Then came the gendarmes!
He had entered there as a young man, as assistant to Monsieur Brument, and with the desire to replace him. He had taken his place and wished for nothing more. The whole harvest of memories which other men reap in their span of years, the unexpected events, sweet or tragic loves, adventurous journeys, all the occurrences of a free existence, all these things had remained unknown to him.
He had entered there as a young man, as assistant to Monsieur Brument, and with the desire to replace him. He had taken his place and wished for nothing more. The whole harvest of memories which other men reap in their span of years, the unexpected events, sweet or tragic loves, adventurous journeys, all the occurrences of a free existence, all these things had remained unknown to him.
"And Brument said: 'Keep still, wretched creature! "And they lifted me up in the air and put me into the barrel, which was full of water, so that I had a check of the circulation, a chill to my very insides. "And Brument said: 'Is that all? "Cornu said: 'That is all. "Brument said: 'The head is not in, that will make a difference in the measure. "Cornu said: 'Put in her head.
At the end of an hour they returned a verdict of acquittal for the defendants, with some severe strictures on the dignity of marriage, and establishing the precise limitations of business transactions. Brument went home to the domestic roof accompanied by his wife. Cornu went back to his business. Madame de X. to Madame de L. ETRETAT, Friday.
"Well, Brument said to me, 'Do you wish to earn a hundred sous? 'Yes, I replied, seeing that a hundred sous are not picked up in a horse's tracks.
And they got up from their chairs, but could not stand straight, they were so full, saving your presence, M'sieu le president. "I said to myself: 'What are they up to? "And Brument said: 'Are you ready? "And Cornu said: 'I'm ready! "And then they took me, Brument by the head, and Cornu by the feet, as one might take, for instance, a sheet that has been washed. Then I began to bawl.
'Do not worry, go on with your work, your turn will come, each one has his share. I paid no attention to what he said as he was full. "When the barrel was full to the brim, I said: 'There, that's done. "And then Cornu gave me a hundred sous, not Brument, Cornu; it was Cornu gave them to me.
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