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He has shown me the copies of the pieces which were inspected by your distinguished kinsmen, and which completely clear you of the charge that grant me your pardon when I say seemed to me still to remain unanswered when I had the honour to meet you last night." "It appears to me, Monsieur Hennequin, that you, as an avocat so eminent, might have convinced yourself very readily of that fact."
"Well, then, what I ask of you is a frank opinion, not as lawyer, not as Prefet, but as a man who knows the present state of French society. Give that opinion without respect to my feelings one way or other. Let it emanate solely from your practised judgment." "Be it so," said Hennequin, wondering what was to come.
This was our first opportunity to see the industry of hennequín, which is the chief product of this hacienda. The leaves, after cutting, are brought from the field tied up in bundles. These are opened, and the leaves are fed into a revolving, endless double chain, which carries them on iron arms upward and dumps them onto a table, where three men receive them and feed them into the stripper.
"But he must have substance in himself. Empty bags can not be made to stand upright. Ah! unless I mistake, I see some one I knew better. Yon pale, thin man, also with the grand cross surely that is Alfred Hennequin. Is he too a decorated Imperialist? I left him a socialistic Republican." "But, I presume, even then an eloquent avocat. He got into the Chamber, spoke well, defended the coup-d'etat.
The affair had been such that Hennequin's friends assured him he had no choice but to challenge this bravo. Hennequin, brave enough at the bar, was no hero before sword-point or pistol.
"As an Imperialist," said Hennequin, smiling gravely, "and holding the office I do, it would not become me to encourage a candidate against the Emperor's Government. But speaking with the frankness you solicit, I should say that your chances there are infinitely worse.
"But he must have substance in himself. Empty bags can not be made to stand upright. Ah! unless I mistake, I see some one I knew better. Yon pale, thin man, also with the grand cross surely that is Alfred Hennequin. Is he too a decorated Imperialist? I left him a socialistic Republican." "But, I presume, even then an eloquent avocat. He got into the Chamber, spoke well, defended the coup-d'etat.
There were many palm trees chiefly cocoa-nut on the country-places, and there were fields of hennequín, though neither so extensive nor well-kept as I had anticipated.
There were no other plantations or villages until just before the ninth cross two and a quarter leagues we came to the hennequín plantation of San Juan. The mayor domo was delighted to see the padre and greeted us warmly, taking us at once to the great house. We rode between long lines of orange trees, loaded with sweet and juicy fruits, and were soon sitting in the cool and delightful hallway.
"As an Imperialist," said Hennequin, smiling gravely, "and holding the office I do, it would not become me to encourage a candidate against the Emperor's Government. But speaking with the frankness you solicit, I should say that your chances there are infinitely worse.
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