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"Nutmegs and nullification!" shrieked the parrot, as we stood before him. "Ha, ha, ha!" "That is condensing the matter, certainly," I observed. "Bienvenu, compatriote!" he repeated many times, laughing loudly, the next moment, as if in mockery. "What a fiend it is!" said Marion, timidly; "only look at its black tongue, Miss Harz! Then what a laugh!" "Danton!
In traversing La Grande Place, I was attracted to a kind of military vehicle, by the voice of plaintive distress appealing for my succour, reiterating the word compatriote. On approaching, I beheld a handsome and interesting-looking female, in equestrian costume; by her side were two servants, and two very fine saddle-horses.
Sharp of the vanity of his belief, when an exclamation from her governess diverted the attention of both, and before either had time to speak again, Mademoiselle turned to them, and said rapidly in French "I assure you, ma chere, I should have mistaken monsieur for a compatriote by his language, were it not for a single heinous fault that he has just committed."
I shall have to expel him soon, I fear." Says she, 'Charge up in dem yaller pines, And slay dem Yankee Philistines!" ending with the invariable "Bon jour," or "Bienvenu, compatriote" and demoniac "Ha! ha! ha!" "The memory of the creature is perfectly wonderful," I said. "Many parrots have I seen, but never one like this before. It must have sprung out of the Arabian Nights."
Above her head in its wicker cage swung the gray and crimson parrot, of which Sylphy had spoken, and to which, it may be remembered, she had so irreverently likened her master on one occasion; bursting forth, as it saw us coming, into a shrill, stereotyped phrase of welcome "Bien venu, compatriote," that was irresistibly ludicrous and irrelevant.
"She played so that I knew she must be either French or Irish!" the fiddler replied. "No Yankee ever played dance-music in that fashion; I made bold to say to her, as we were playing together, 'Etes-vous compatriote?
Then, indeed, a smile of pleasure lighted up her countenance, and it was with a most gracious cordiality that she welcomed both gentlemen. "So this is your young compatriote, Monsieur, who vanquished Monsieur de St. Aulaire on the ice!" she said, looking at Mr. Morris and laughing with a certain malicious satisfaction.
Dieu merci! we know how to manoeuvre with our gifted compatriote the learned 'ourse Britannique. And so, Ourson, you know Isidore?" "I know John Bretton." "Oh, hush!" But, how is our well-beloved John? Do tell me about him. The poor man must be in a sad way. What did he say to my behaviour the other night? Wasn't I cruel?" "Do you think I noticed you?" "It was a delightful evening.
At length one resolute chair moves; two others are out of the ranks; new centres of movement are establishing; several shawls are seen advancing to the door. We meet him every where. He honours our table-d'hôte daily, where he stays an hour and a half to bait after which we see him lounging in the carriage of some fair compatriote with herself and daughters.
To aid us in preventing the gaoler discovering what we had been about, one of our party remained in bed when the doors were unlocked, and we curtained the window grating with a blanket, stating that our compatriote was very ill and that he could not bear the light.
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