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A frown passed over Spero's face, and he gently said: "My father is good he is much better than I am I knew it long ago." "Vicomte, I did not say that," cried the Zouave, embarrassed. "No, but you thought so, and were perfectly right, my dear Auguste; if you wish to have me for a friend, always tell the truth." "Yes, sir," replied Coucou, "and now I have a special favor to ask you, vicomte."
"Yes, a young girl who had been shot in the breast. She was brought by the vicomte to his house." "I can hardly believe it," muttered Fanfaro. "Madame Caraman and Coucou are in the corridor; they will confirm my statement." "Bring them in." The next minute the Zouave and Caraman were in the room. "The fault is mine!
"I believe I have loyally earned them." "'A fair yield and no flavor," said Mistigris. The count was resolved not to betray himself; he assumed an air of good-humored interest in the country, and looked up the valley of Groslay as the coucou took the road to Saint-Brice, leaving that to Chantilly on the right. "Is Rome as fine as they say it is?" said Georges, addressing the great painter.
She never had a son, but she thought, if God had presented her with one, he ought to have resembled the Jackal. That he came to bid her good-by, moved her, and she said in a half-audible voice: "Monsieur Zouave!" Coucou remained standing. "Come this way! Are you, perhaps, afraid of me? On previous occasions you were less timid."
The few pennies she had saved she used to buy a pair of spectacles to read the forthcoming chronicles; for she was one of that class of innocent people who believe that the faculty of reading rests in spectacles. About the year 1843 the Zouave regiment, to which Coucou belonged, made a sortie under General Cavaignac against the Kabyles in Beni Djaad.
Coucou's hesitating steps justified this suspicion, and Madame Caraman continued, smilingly: "I shall not hurt you; there, put your hand into mine " Coucou blushed like a girl. "What? I should be allowed to put my ugly paw into your hand!" he stuttered quite confounded, and then he perceived that he had been again rude and tried to excuse himself. "I spoke of my ugly paw I "
Coucou did not hesitate long; only he made it a condition that he be allowed to enter an African regiment. The mother was satisfied. A regiment which bore the trusting name, the "Jackals," was just on the point of sailing to Algiers, and so Coucou became a Jackal. When the time for saying good-by came, the mother began to weep, but Coucou consoled her.
"Pardon, Edmond," stammered the poor mother, with trembling voice, "I gave Albert the ring as a talisman it was to bring him back!" "I would not take the ring," continued Coucou. "I knew that nobody would so easily kill the captain, and if misfortune should come to pass, it may, just the same, fall on me as well. But my refusing it was in vain, and so I consented to it. Discipline goes above all!
"Man," he said to the Arab, "you did wrong to put yourself in my power. Nevertheless, I shall be hospitable to you. Go!" Turning to Coucou, he said: "This man is my guest, and as such he must be sacred to you." The Arab bowed, put his hand to his forehead, and turned toward the stairs. "One question more," said the count; "what is your name?" "I am called Maldar."
"What does that mean?" asked Coucou, in affright. "I know," cried Carmen; "twenty-five knocks signify the letters of the alphabet!" "Then we must answer to show that we understand the language," said Madame Caraman. "Coucou quick twenty-five knocks." The Zouave did as he was told, and the answer came back in one knock which meant "yes." Nine further knocks followed. "I," said Carmen.
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