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Updated: May 15, 2025
It was not so to be; the moaning ceased not, but toward evening it died away to sighing, continual and profound nature's protest against a burden too heavy to be borne, or the slow inroad of death-dealing poison. About midnight came Eutrope Gagnon, bringing Tit'Sebe the bone-setter. He was a little, thin, sad-faced man with very kind eyes.
Eutrope was a fine fellow, hard-working and of kindly disposition, and he loved her; but Lorenzo Surprenant also loved her; he, likewise, was steady and a good worker; he was a Canadian at heart, not less than those amongst whom she lived; he went to church ... And he offered as his splendid gift a world dazzling to the eye, all the wonders of the city.
Supper was nearly at an end when a footstep sounded without; Chien pricked up his ears but gave no growl. "A visitor," announced mother Chapdelaine, "Eutrope Gagnon has come over to see us." It was an easy guess, as Eutrope Gagnon was their only neighbour.
Maria stood dubiously on the step, a hand on the latch as though she would return; and Eutrope, unwilling to lose his chance, began forthwith to speak hastening as though doubtful that he would be able to say all that was in his mind. "You know very well, Maria, how I feel toward you.
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