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The day after the quarrel, Gaubertin came, with a keeper named Courtecuisse, and demanded with much insolence his release in full of all claims, showing the general the one he had obtained from his late mistress in such flattering terms, and asking, ironically, that a search should be made for the property, real and otherwise, which he was supposed to have stolen.
If the Montcornets and their kind didn't use wheels, what would become of the carriage-makers?" "I shall bring you three thousand francs to-night," said Sibilet, "but you ought to make over some of your maturing mortgages to me, say, one or two that would secure to me good lots of land." "Well, there's that of Courtecuisse.
The whole scene possessed the double charm of a natural, untouched forest and the elegance of an English park. The surroundings of the pavilion, in keeping with its own exterior, presented a certain noble, dignified, and cordial effect; while the hand of a young and happy woman gave to its interior a very different look from what it wore under the coarse neglect of Courtecuisse.
Accustomed to get a good proportion of wheat in their gleaning, the false as well as the true poor, forgetting the count's pardon at Conches, now felt a deep but silent anger against him, which was aggravated by the Tonsards, Courtecuisse, Bonnebault, Laroche, Vaudoyer, Godain, and their adherents.
"Well, Madame Courtecuisse, so our mayor is on his way to protect us," remarked an old woman as she knitted; the question of depredating in the forest was of great interest to her, for her husband sold the stolen wood at Soulanges.
"Four hundred families could get their living from it," said Courtecuisse. "If you want two acres for yourself you must help us to drive that cur out," remarked Gaubertin. At the very moment that Gaubertin was fulminating this sentence of excommunication, the worthy Sarcus was presenting his son-in-law Sibilet to the Comte de Montcornet.
Rigou, the owner, had never been willing to part with La Bachelerie, as it was called, to the possessors of the estate, but he now took malicious pleasure in selling it, at fifty per cent discount, to Courtecuisse; which made the ex-keeper one of Rigou's numerous henchmen, for all he actually paid for the property was one thousand francs.
Take the Shopman's offer and leave him to collect the costs, if he wants them; tastes differ. Didn't old Mariotte prefer losses to profits, in spite of my advice?" Courtecuisse, filled with admiration for these words of wisdom, returned home burning with the desire to be a land-owner and a bourgeois like the rest. When the general reached Les Aigues he related his expedition to Sibilet.
Clothed in rags like Fourchon, poor Courtecuisse, who lately wore the boots and gaiters of a huntsman, now thrust his feet into sabots and accused "the rich" of Les Aigues of having caused his destitution.
"You've tried your hand at cajoling them, have you?" said Courtecuisse. "You may bet on that." "Well," said Tonsard with a determined air, "they are men like other men, and they can be got rid of."
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