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The two spears and about half of the provisions we strapped to our backs an inconsiderable load which would hamper us but little. We discarded all our clothing, which was very little. I took the heavy skin which Desiree had worn and began to strap it also on top of my bundle, but she refused to allow it. "I will not permit you to be handicapped with my modesty," she observed.
It was the entrance to the cave. There Felipe halted. "Here, senor. Here entered the Incas of Huanuco with their gold." He shivered as he spoke, and I fancied that his face grew pale. "We shall explore it!" cried Desiree, advancing. "But no, senora!" The arriero was positively trembling. "No! Senor, do not let her go within!
He was ready now, and, buttoning his tunic, he fixed the straps across his chest, looking from one to the other of the three women watching him, not without some appreciation of an audience. Then he turned to Desiree, who had always been his friend, with whom he now considered that he had the soldier's bond of a peril passed through together.
'Do you know, said Becasigue, when they were alone, 'I am certain that the lady we saw is the maid of honour to the Princess Desiree, whom I met at the palace. And, as her room is next to this, it will be easy to make a small hole through which I can satisfy myself whether I am right or not. So, taking a knife out of his pocket, he began to saw away the woodwork.
Harry's voice came from behind: "In the name of goodness, where did you get that oar?" I turned. "Young man, a good sailor never loses an oar. How do you feel, Desiree?" "Like a drowned rat," she answered, but with a laugh in her voice. "I'm faint and sick and wet, and my throat is ready to burst, but I wouldn't have missed that for anything. It was glorious! I'd like to do it again."
And presently the good lady proved that she was indeed no corpse or ghost, but a harsh and hardy old woman; for, upon some aggravation in the clamorous petition of Desiree Beck to her mother, to go to the kiosk and take sweetmeats, the hunchback suddenly fetched her a resounding rap with her gold-knobbed cane.
A little startled, not understanding Juliette's attitude, Marguerite tried to reply lightly: "This is Mademoiselle Candeille, Juliette dear," she said, affecting the usual formal introduction, "of the Varietes Theatre of Paris Mademoiselle Desiree Candeille, who will sing some charming French ditties for us to-night." While she spoke she kept a restraining hand on Juliette's quivering arm.
"That is really too bad," said I, with a smile. "I was, then, mistaken when I said 'your majesty'?" "Faugh!" said Desiree. "That is hardly witty. For a time I was amused, but I am becoming bored. And yet " "Well?" "I don't know. They are mine, if you know what I mean. Eh, bien, since you ask me for I see the question in your eye, friend Paul I am content.
Desiree made a little movement as if to continue on her way; and de Casimir instantly stood aside, with a bow. "Shall I find your father at home?" he asked. "I think so. He was at home when I left," she answered, responding to his salute with a friendly nod. De Casimir watched her go and stood for a moment in reflection, as if going over in his mind that which had passed between them.
It must be the Almighty who gives him his strength. As she returned to the kitchen she saw Abbe Mouret standing by the gate of the farmyard. Desiree had stopped him there to make him feel a capon which she had been fattening for some weeks past. He told her pleasantly that it was very heavy, and the big child chuckled with glee.
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