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They are therefore very careful in praising, and sometimes express themselves in language the very reverse of what they intend, as, "'Va, coquine! says Bandalaccio, in M. Merimee's pleasant story of "Colomba," 'sois excommuniee, sois maudite, friponne! Car Bandalaccio, superstitieux comme tous les bandits, craignait de fasciner les enfans en les addressant les benedictions et les eloges.
The toast of La Friponne was drunk with applause, followed by a wild bacchanalian song. The Sieur Morin had been a merchant in Bordeaux whose bond was held in as little value as his word. He had lately removed to New France, transferred the bulk of his merchandise to the Friponne, and become an active agent of the Grand Company.
The sudden advent of peace had opened the seas to commerce, and a fleet of long-shut-up merchantmen were rapidly loading at the quays of the Friponne as well as at those of the Bourgeois, with the products of the Colony for shipment to France before the closing in of the St. Lawrence by ice. The summer of St.
All the old tricks of Bigot and his La Friponne, which, after the outbreak the night of my arrest at the Seigneur Duvarney's, had been somewhat repressed, were in full swing again, and robbery in the name of providing for defense was the only habit. I managed to convey to Mr.
She might yet fail in all her ambitious prospects, and have to fall back upon her first love, when even that would be too late to save Le Gardeur or to save her. De Pean rode fast up the Rue St. Louis, not unobservant of the dark looks of the Honnetes Gens or the familiar nods and knowing smiles of the partisans of the Friponne whom he met on the way.
The whole Kamaraska Isles are mine, and the best gentlemen in this province do me vassalage. I make war on none, I have stepped aside from all affairs of state, I am a simple gentleman. I have been a great way down this river, at large expense and toil, to purchase wheat, for all the corn of these counties goes to Quebec to store the King's magazine, the adored La Friponne.
None of the Governors soldiers were in sight, but up the Heights we could hear the steady tramp of General Montcalm's infantry as they came on. Where were Bigot's men? There was a handful one company drawn up before La Friponne, idly leaning on their muskets, seeing the great granary burn, and watching La Friponne threatened by the mad crowd and the fire.
He recognized the Chevalier de Pean, and tranquilly resumed his seat with the remark that "that was truly one of the heads of Cerberus which guards the Friponne, a fellow who wore the collar of the Intendant and was worthy of it. The Golden Dog had nothing to fear from him."
As we came nearer I said, "Are you sure it is La Friponne, monsieur?" "It is not," he said, pointing. "See!" The sky was full of shaking sparks, and a smell of burning grain came down the wind. "One of the granaries, then," I added, "not La Friponne itself?" To this he nodded assent, and we pushed on. "What fools," said Doltaire presently, "to burn the bread and oven too!
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