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"And he was applauded!" added Madame Caterna. During dinner the train had passed Kastakos station, situated in the center of a mountainous region. The road curved a good deal, and ran over viaducts and through tunnels as we could tell by the noise.
If a wedding between an Englishwoman and an American, with French, Russian and Chinese witnesses, does not offer every guarantee of happiness, where are we likely to meet with it?" And now for Caterna. The actor would have consented for any number of weddings. "What a notion for a vaudeville or an operetta!" he exclaimed.
The actor said to me in a tone of the best humor: "Never shall I forget Khodjend, Monsieur Claudius." "And why will you never forget Khodjend, Monsieur Caterna?" "Do you see these peaches?" he asked, showing me the fruit he was carrying. "They are magnificent " "And not dear! A kilo for four kopeks that is to say, twelve centimes!" "Eh!" I answer.
"Our explorations will be so much the more agreeable," said the major, with a bow to the charming actress. "And," I added, with a view to save fatigue and gain time, "my dear friends, allow me to offer you an arba." "An arba!" exclaimed Caterna, with a swing of his hips. "What may that be, an arba?" "One of the local vehicles." "Let us have an arba."
"I like the one in the Place de la Concorde better," said Caterna, "and that is only in one piece." At this observation we left the mosque of Gour Emir, and as it was time to "hurry up," as our actor said, the arba was driven briskly toward the station.
"We must not let this brave fellow suffer!" said Major Noltitz; "we must see the Grand Transasiatic people, and when they learn the facts they will be the first to stop the prosecution." "Doubtless," I said, "for it cannot be denied that Kinko saved the train and its passengers." "To say nothing of the imperial treasure," added Caterna, "the millions of his majesty!"
As a Parisian, Caterna must have been the wag of the forecastle when he was at sea. As clever with his instrument of brass or wood, he possessed a most varied and complete assortment of jokes, songs, monologues, and dialogues. This he told me with an immense amount of attitude and gesture, now here, now there, legs, arms, hands, and feet all going together.
Major Noltitz, Caterna, Pan-Chao, Ephrinell, driver and stoker, passengers, Asiatic and European, all resolve to fight for the common safety. On the right of the line, about a hundred yards away, stretches a deep, gloomy thicket, a sort of jungle, in which doubtless are hidden the robbers, awaiting the signal to pounce upon us.
"That shows that peaches are rather common in this country. That is the Asiatic apple and it was one of those apples that Mrs. Adam took a bite at " "Then I excuse her!" said Madame Caterna, munching away at one of these delicious peaches.
At breakfast gather all the passengers whom the sea has not affected: the young Chinaman, Major Noltitz, Ephrinell, Miss Bluett, Monsieur Caterna, the Baron Weissschnitzerdörfer, and seven or eight other passengers. I am careful not to let the American into the secret of the case. He would be guilty of some indiscretion, and then good-by to my news par!
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