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"Yes," he said again, after a pause which was not a rest, "I often see that we Grandissimes are a good example of the Creoles at large; we have one element that makes for peace; that pardon the self-consciousness is myself; and another element that makes for strife led by my uncle Agricola; but, my-de'-seh, the peace element is that which ought to make the strife, and the strife element is that which ought to be made to keep the peace!
As Grandissimes, you mark their tendency to exceed the medium Creole stature, an appearance heightened by the fashion of their robes.
Cable's "Grandissimes" has not made his readers forget his "Jean-ah Poquelin," nor has Mr. Aldrich's "Queen of Sheba," charming as she was, driven from our memory his "Margery Daw," as delightful and as captivating as that other non-existent heroine, Mr. Austin Dobson's "Dorothy." Mrs.
He read: Total mortgages on the lands of all the Grandissimes $ Total present value of same, titles at buyers' risk Cash, goods, and accounts Fausse Rivière Plantation account There were other items, but he took up the edge of the paper mechanically, pushed it slowly away from him, leaned back in his chair and again laid his hands upon his face.
As we have said, the story of Bras-Coupé was told that day three times: to the Grandissime beauties once, to Frowenfeld twice. The fair Grandissimes all agreed, at the close; that it was pitiful. Specially, that it was a great pity to have hamstrung Bras-Coupé, a man who even in his cursing had made an exception in favor of the ladies.
But I need not say that; for the Grandissime blood is just as strong. A wonderful family, those Grandissimes! They are an old, illustrious line, and the strength that was once in the intellect and will is going down into the muscles.
But they have apprehended the miscreants; one is actually in hand, and justice will take its course; trust the Grandissimes for that though, really, Joseph, I assure you, I counselled leniency." "Do you say they have caught her?" Frowenfeld's question was sudden and excited; but the next moment he had controlled himself. "H-h-my son, I did not say it was a 'her'!" "Was it not Clemence?
He had come out the beneficiary of this restitution, extricated from bankruptcy by an agreement which gave the f.m.c. only a public recognition of kinship which had always been his due. Bitter cup of humiliation! Such was the stress within. Then there was the storm without. The Grandissimes were in a high state of excitement.
"Ah, for shame, tired!" softly laughed the other; then suddenly, with her eyes fixed across the room, she seized her companion's hand and pressed it tightly. "Do you not see it?" she whispered eagerly, "just by the door the casque with the heron feathers. Ah, Clotilde, I cannot believe he is one of those Grandissimes!" "Well," replied the Huguenotte, "Doctor Keene says he is not."
"There are so many Grandissimes," said the weary-eyed Frowenfeld, "I cannot distinguish between I can scarcely count them." "Well, now," said the doctor, "let me tell you, don't try. They can't do it themselves. Take them in the mass as you would shrimps." The little doctor tipped his chair back against the wall, drew up his knees, and laughed whimperingly in his freckled hands.
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