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Any man or woman who stood between him and his great goal was to be thrust aside or used as a stepping-stone. Matheson, for instance he was to be used. There must be something underlying Matheson's sudden access of scruples what was it? A case of cherchez la femme? Or political ambitions, perhaps? If he could arrive at the motive, it might open up a new avenue for persuasion.
He has the gift of strong men unforgetting and unforgiving. I know little or nothing about the son, except that he is a chip of the old block. Queer twist in events, eh?" "Have you any idea what estranged them?" "Didn't know they were at outs until the night before we sailed. They don't speak?" "No. And it seems so utterly foolish!" "Cherchez la femme!" "You believe that was it?"
Dawes and me because I accompanied her to the theatre one evening; then I threw some beer at him, and he wanted his revenge." "Cherchez la femme!" smiled the magistrate. The case was dismissed after the magistrate had told Dawes he thought him a skunk. "You gave the case away," snapped Mr. Jordan to Paul. "I don't think I did," replied the latter.
What we want to do is to forget to remember. I'll introduce you to the only lady in this case that is guaranteed to produce the desired results. Her name is Belle of Kentucky, twelve-year-old Bourbon. In quarts. How does the idea strike you?" "Allons!" said Dumars. "Cherchez la femme."
The world, of course, when the Ruthvens died, at once acted on the maxim, cherchez la femme. The woman in the case, men said, was the beautiful Queen, Anne of Denmark, wife of James VI. That fair and frivolous dame, ‘very very woman,’ certainly did her best, by her behaviour, to encourage the belief that she was the cause of these sorrows.
There are official military auctions going on everywhere, where huge quantities of furs and silks and other things come under the hammer. Yet it is noticed that the very best things always disappear before they can be publicly sold. A phrase has been invented to meet the case. "Cherchez le general," people say. Even with these sales the stocks never seem to sink lower.
'The hospital, said our director, 'is for those who are injured in the performance of their duty, and not for bloodthirsty savages. That's sound that's military. One cannot afford to be sentimental in this country." I asked what could possibly be the reason for such a ferocious outbreak of hostility. "Long-standing animosities of race," he said, "and, as determining cause, cherchez la femme"
After he had read through the note he remarked drily: "I guess I can give you another reason." "For his not writing?" "Yes.... Cherchez la femme." "Why do you say that?" "This note was written by a woman." "It's a very decided hand for a woman." "Yes it is. I'd stake big on that. Look at the long crossings to the t's. Look at the way the date is written.
To those who are content with generalities it may be sufficient to say that women are not the equals of men, but to anyone who attempts to study, step by step, the history of human development it becomes apparent that the French admonition Cherchez la femme contains the truth, unalloyed.
Anything in petticoats was virtuous. If she did wrong it was always somebody else's fault. Cherchez la femme was a later notion. In the days of Goethe it was always Cherchez l'homme. It was the man's fault. It was the devil's fault. It was anybody's fault you liked, but not her's. The convention has not yet died out.
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