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"I can scarcely believe that, for Gringalet has short hair, is spotted with black and white, has gray eyes " "Those are only secondary characteristics," interrupted Sumichrast. "Gringalet belongs to the carnivorous type, called by naturalists Digitigrades." "Is Gringalet a digitigrade?" asked Lucien, smiling.
The heart of the poor child beat strongly; he hoped that, perhaps, his master would forget him. Ah, well, he heard Cut-in-half at the foot of the ladder, cry in a harsh voice: 'Gringalet! Gringalet! 'Here I am, master. "'Come down at once, or I'll fetch you, answered Cut-in-half. Gringalet thought his last day was come.
"I was obliged to ford the stream," he said; "but his lordship has got the ball between his two eyes this time." "You are a brave fellow," responded Sumichrast, shaking hands with him. "Now I shall sleep quietly," the Indian whispered to Lucien. Master Job, Gringalet, Janet, and Verdet, all had their eyes wide open when I awoke at day-break.
On hearing from l'Encuerado that it would live several days without eating, he made up his mind to take it home with him, and gave it the name of "Rougette." Gringalet began growling; a deer had just shown its graceful form among the branches. We all concealed ourselves as well as we could, and when the beautiful animal came down to the water Sumichrast shot it dead.
All my companion's efforts to discover our trail had been ineffectual; and Gringalet himself, when put to the task, had hunted in vain round the thickets. The fact was, they looked for us on the right, while we had gone to the left; for Sumichrast could not bring his mind to the idea that we had turned our backs to the stream.
"The little golden gnat forever!" "Bravo, Gringalet!" "Hooray, Gargousse!" cried the prisoners with enthusiasm. "Well, my friends!" cried Pique-Vinaigre, enchanted at the success of his story, "what you have just cried, all Little Poland cried an hour later." "How is that how?" "I told you that, to do this bloody deed quite at his ease, Cut-in-half had locked his door on the inside.
Pique-Vinaigre continued: "When Gringalet was tied to the chair, his master said to him, 'You young rascal, it is you who have been the cause that I have been beaten by the Alderman you are go-o-o-ing to die! And he drew from his pocket a large razor, newly sharpened, opened it, and took with one hand Gringalet by the hair."
"'Yes, yes! said the crowd, for the defunct was detested by everybody, 'a triumph for Gargousse! a triumph for Gringalet. "It was night; they lighted wisps of straw, they tied Gargousse on a bench, which four boys carried on their shoulders; the sweet pet of an ape did not appear to dislike this, and assumed the airs of a conqueror, showing his teeth to the crowd.
While he was ruminating on this diabolical idea, the Alderman said: 'Remember, that if you attempt to injure this child again, I will force you to clear out from Little Poland, you and your beasts; otherwise I will stir up the neighborhood against you; you know they hate you here, so you will have a passport which your back will remember, I promise you. Traitor as he was, in order to be able to execute his wicked idea, instead of continuing to be angry against the Alderman, Cut-in-half cringed like a dog, and said: 'Faith of a man! you were wrong to strike me, Alderman, and to think that I wished any harm to Gringalet; on the contrary, I repeat to you that I was teaching a new trick to my ape; he is not sweet-tempered when he is angry, and if, in the scuffle, the little one was bitten, I am sorry for it.
Never had the child been more afraid of him. "Gargousse was chained to the foot of the bed. In the middle of the room was a chair with a cord hanging on the back. "Gringalet seated himself trembling.
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