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"Nothing so long as that son lives! His little wife bewitches him," she added after a pause. This woman, whose name and life have eluded history, foretold one year as the length of Francois's reign. "Give me your opinion on all this," said Catherine to Chiverni. "We shall have a battle," replied the prudent courtier. "The king of Navarre " "Oh! say the queen," interrupted Catherine.
On the yellow band with a white edge, which a recent regulation had made part of the equipment of the guard now called National, was a metal plate a good deal like that of the foresters, on which the law required the inscription of these remarkable words: "Respect to persons and to properties." Francois's rope had struck the belt and defaced it.
"She will never know anything about this," smiled the other, "and, if she should, give her one or two of these bank notes. It's wonderful how they change a woman's point of view. Besides, you can prepare her by talking about François's bad health." "A good idea!" brightened Bonneton. "Then it's understood. Tuesday, at six, your friend Matthieu will be here to replace François. Remember Matthieu!"
They seemed to have nothing to say to each other out in the fresh air. Without even consulting each other with so much as a nudge, they slowly and instinctively ascended the Rue des Poissonniers, where they went to Francois's and had a glass of wine out of the bottle.
Gavard, who had become gloomy, merely nodded or shook his head when she spoke to him, and left his stall for days together in Marjolin's charge. The beautiful Lisa, however, determined that she would get to the bottom of affairs. She knew that Florent had obtained a day's leave, and intended to spend it with Claude Lantier, at Madame Francois's, at Nanterre.
At this point Francois's fine flow of eloquence was interrupted. A tall young fellow stopped to shake hands with him; and Pierre was surprised to recognise Baron Duvillard's son Hyacinthe, who bowed to him in very correct style. "What! you here in our old quarter," exclaimed Francois. "My dear fellow, I'm going to Jonas's, over yonder, behind the Observatory. Don't you know Jonas?
Left alone with me, and assured that we had no listeners, the monk was not slow in coming to the point. 'You have thought over what I told you last night? he said brusquely, dropping in a moment the suave manner which he had maintained in M. Francois's presence. I replied coldly that I had.
Since they seemed to want to stay on the left side, to tease them, he crossed over to the other side of the street. Worried, they ran after him and tried to block his view of the door of Francois's. But Coupeau must have known that Lantier was there. Gervaise almost went out of her senses on hearing him grunt: "Yes, my duck, there's a young fellow of our acquaintance inside there!
His face assumed an animated expression, this chorus seemed to awake some far-off gaieties within him, enjoyed by himself alone, as he listened with a childish delight to his voice which became more and more hollow. "Say there, my dear," Virginie came and whispered in Gervaise's ear, "I've just been there again, you know. It worried me. Well! Lantier has disappeared from Francois's."
Caroline clasped it with both hands, exclaiming in a voice of exultation, while every feature radiated with joy, "It is the gift of God, and the return of Francois's love! All will yet be well!"
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