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"God! Oh, God!" came a frenzied, rasping shriek "MR. KING!" Straight at the bare throat leapt the yellow hands; a gurgling cry rose fell and died away. Gently, noiselessly, the lady of the civet fur sank upon the carpet by the table; as she fell, a dim black figure bent over her.
She wore circles of fretted gold in her ears, and carried a tall ebony stick with a gold handle, Louis Quatorze fashion. From her huge civet muff a gold purse dangled. She looked at once more conventional and more dynamic than Mary had seen her, and her rich dress made the simple effects of the tent seem amateurish.
The other was an antiquated coxcomb, aping the airs and graces of a youthful gallant, attired in silks and velvets fashioned in the newest French mode, and exhaling a mingled perfume of civet, musk, and ambergris; and in him Aveline recognised the amorous old dotard, who had stared at her so offensively during the visit she had been forced to make to the extortioner.
He had a hazy impression that his visitor, beneath her furs, was most inadequately clothed; and seeking confirmation of this, his gaze strayed downward to where one little slippered foot peeped out from the civet furs. Leroux suppressed a gasp. He had caught a glimpse of a bare ankle! He crossed to his writing-table, and seated himself, glancing sideways at this living mystery.
Three species which have a tolerably wide range in the Archipelago, are: The curious Lemur, Tarsius spectrum, which is found in all the islands as far westward as Malacca; the common Malay Civet, Viverra tangalunga, which has a still wider range; and a Deer, which seems to be the same as the Rusa hippelaphus of Java, and was probably introduced by man at an early period.
We leave the Palais-Royal through the main gate, and I observe another crowd of people before a shop, on the sign-board of which I read "At the Sign of the Civet Cat." "What is the matter here?" "Now, indeed, you are going to laugh. All these honest persons are waiting their turn to get their snuff-boxes filled." "Is there no other dealer in snuff?"
Ah! a fine night to kick the bucket, this dirty night which was falling over her shoulders! She was walking heavily up the Rue des Poissonniers when she suddenly heard Coupeau's voice. Yes, he was there in the Little Civet, letting My-Boots treat him.
The natural civet employed as a cosmetic by this animal forbade the notion of using it for food, and it was thrown with its family into the river, after being deprived of its glossy skin. As evening approached, and as all eyes were exploring the banks for a suitable camping-ground, a spacious and even beach was fixed upon as offering all the requisite conveniences. It was agreed to halt there.
When I read your letter about this terrible grimace, it gave me a great fright and I thought it was a most important thing, but I warrant that you frightened even Schott's men, you with your fierce look and your holiday hopping step. But it is very improper for such folk to smear themselves with civet.
He was within a gunshot of the fortress of Charlemont, on the left bank, and in the vexation which the delay occasioned he dictated the following decree: "A bridge shall be built over the Meuse to join Little Civet to Great Givet. It shall be terminated during the ensuing campaign."
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