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"Not alone, sir; but I have still another profession." "Another profession!" "Ha, ha, yes, sir; the river always runs, except when it is frozen, and, as Mr. Desgranges says, 'water-carriers do not make their fortune with ice, so he gave me a Winter trade and Summer trade." "Winter trade!" Mr. Desgranges returned at this moment James heard him "Is it not true, Mr.
"We will go away without making any noise." "Are you going, James?" "I am in the way, my dear Mr. Desgranges." "No, pray stay longer." His benefactor retained him, reaching out to him cordially his hand. The blind man seized the hand in his turn, and pressed it warmly against his heart. "My dear friend, my dear good friend, you permit me to stay a little longer.
It isn't possible. There's the marchioness just opposite us in the first gallery, with a new hat." "What does that prove? She's plying her trade of lanceuse. That's a very pretty hat, by the way the colors of Desgranges' horse." "And Jenkins? What has become of Jenkins?" "At Tunis with Felicia. Old Brahim saw them both. It seems that the bey has taken a decided liking to the pearls." "Bigre!"
"You have not told me of that, James," said Mr. Desgranges. "I was, however, somewhat embarrassed, my dear friend. While I was here the wind changed, I did not perceive it; but at the end of a quarter of an hour, when I had reached the plain of Noiesemont, I had lost my way, and I felt so bewildered that I did not dare to stir a step. You know the plain, not a house, no passersby.
I said to myself, 'You are useless to your family, you are the woman of the house, and others support you. But he was displeased 'Is it not you who support your family? If you had not been blind, would any one have given you the five hundred francs? "'That is true, Mr. Desgranges. "'If you were not blind, would any one provide for your children? "'That is true, Mr. Desgranges.
The blind man immediately raised his head, his sightless eyes were turned towards the two gentlemen, his face shone with an intelligent and natural pleasure, and, pressing closely the hand which held his own, he said, with an accent of tenderness, "Mr. Desgranges!" "How!" said the young man, moved and surprised; "he knew you by the touch of your hand."
Every place I saw, I try it, and so it goes on till now there is nothing burned or drunk in the village without calling upon me." "Without mentioning," added Mr. Desgranges, "that he is a commissioner." "A commissioner!" said the young man, still more surprised. "Yes, sir, when there is an errand to be done at Melun, I put my little girl on my back, and then off I go.
She landed, therefore, at Monaco, in order to traverse by land Provence, Languedoc, and Guienne, so as to reach Bayonne, and see there the Queen Dowager of Spain; sister of her mother, and widow of Charles II. Desgranges, master of the ceremonies, was to meet her in Provence, with orders to follow her, and to command the governors, lieutenants-general, and intendants to follow her also, and serve her, though she travelled incognito.
Desgranges; but the poor man could not be silenced. "It is enough to know he is in the village; this makes my heart easy. I do not always wish to come in, but I pass before his house, it is always there; and when he is gone a journey I make Juliana lead me into the plain of Noiesemont, and I say 'turn me towards the place where he is gone, that I may breathe the same air with him." Mr.
We remained a good half-hour in our places, talking a little with each other, but on the whole rather silent. At the end some grew fidgety and anxious, rose and went to the windows. M. le Duc d'Orleans restrained them as well as he could; but at length Desgranges entered to say that the Chief-President had already arrived, in his coach, and that the Parliament was near.
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