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Presently she informed him he was measured for a list shoe: and she would run home for the materials. During her absence came a timid tap to the door; and Edouard Riviere entered. He was delighted to see Josephine, and made sure Rose was not far off. It was Dard who let out that she was gone to Beaurepaire for some cloth to make him a shoe. This information set Edouard fidgeting on his chair.
Nebu-hin-Abenoz shot a keen glance at his brother-in-law's son and nodded. "Or, better, I will come to your house then; thus I can see the whole load. How will that be?" "Better; I will be there, too," Cavu-hin-Avoran said, then turned to Gathon Dard and Antrath Alv. "You have been long on the road; come, let us drink cool wine, and then we will eat," he said.
"I won't give them the chance, the vile egotists!" cried Dard. And he returned to the chateau and little odd jobs. Jacintha hung behind, lowered her eyes, put on a very deferential manner, and thanked Edouard for the kind sentiments he had uttered; but at the same time she took the liberty to warn him against believing the extravagant stories Dard had been telling about her mistress's poverty.
As soon as he saw their intention he thrilled all over, but did not slacken his pace. He told Dard to take his coat and throw it over his foot, for here were the young ladies coming. "What for?" said Dard sulkily. "No! let them see what they have done with their little odd jobs: this is my last for one while. I sha'n't go on two legs again this year." The ladies came up with them.
"Have you good sight?" "La! colonel, wasn't I a bit of a poacher before I took to the bayonet?" "Good! Now reflect. If you persist in this statement, I turn out the brigade on your information." "I'll stand the fire of a corporal's guard at break of day if I make a mistake now," said Dard.
I will not have you telling fibs; it lowers you." "Of course it does; but you can't have secrecy without a fib or two." "Fibs that will injure no one," said Rose, majestically. From this day Camille began to act as well as to talk. He bought a light caleche and a powerful horse, and elected factotum Dard his groom.
And now that the honor and the danger no longer floated vaguely over four heads, but had fixed on one, a sudden silence and solemnity took the place of eager voices. It was first broken by Private Dard saying, with foolish triumph, "And I held the hat for you, colonel." "Ah, Raynal!" said General Raimbaut, sorrowfully, "it was not worth while to come from Egypt for this."
I'll sit in it, and, if I have any friends, they will show it now: they will come and tell me what is going on in the village, for I can't get out to see it and hear it, they must know that." Seated in state in his granny's easy-chair, the loss of which after thirty years' use made her miserable, she couldn't tell why, le Sieur Dard awaited his friends. They did not come.
It was an hour past midnight: a cloudy night. The moon was up, but seen only by fitful gleams. A calm, peaceful silence reigned. Dard was sentinel in the battery. An officer going his rounds found the said sentinel flat instead of vertical. He stirred him with his scabbard, and up jumped Dard. "It's all right, sergeant. O Lord! it's the colonel. I wasn't asleep, colonel." "I have not accused you.
We recovered our tranquillity, and dared at last to cherish the hope of seeing more fortunate days. That hope was not delusive. Our benefactor, M. Dard, since then having become my husband, gathered together the wrecks of our wretched family, and has proved himself worthy of being a father to us.
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