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The charming French Resident, M. Delaruelle, carried me one day to the calaboose on an official visit. In the green court, a very ragged gentleman, his legs deformed with the island elephantiasis, saluted us smiling.
They are besides inclined to view the Marquesans with an eye of humorous indulgence. 'They are dying, poor devils! said M. Delaruelle: 'the main thing is to let them die in peace. And it was not only well said, but I believe expressed the general thought. Yet there is another element to be considered; for these convicts are not merely useful, they are almost essential to the French existence.
Presently we came to the quarters of the women, likewise deserted 'Ou sont vos bonnes femmes? asked the Resident; and the jailer cheerfully responded: 'Je crois, Monsieur le Resident, qu'elles sont allees quelquepart faire une visite. It had been the design of M. Delaruelle, who was much in love with the whimsicalities of his small realm, to elicit something comical; but not even he expected anything so perfect as the last.
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