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He had witnessed many such scenes in Africa. "Mother Lecacheur and Celeste began to scream and to shriek, and ran away. "But it was necessary to recover the corpse of the dead. I attached the boy securely by the loins to the end of the pulley-rope; then I lowered him slowly, and watched him disappear in the darkness. In the one hand he had a lantern, and held on to the rope with the other.
I waited, patiently, till the meal had been finished, when, turning towards the landlady I said: "See here, Madame Lecacheur, it will not be long now before I shall have to take my leave of you."
In about half an hour the two gendarmes arrived. Brigadier Sénateur was very tall and thin, and Gendarme Lenient, short and fat. Lecacheur made them sit down and told them the affair, and then they went and saw the scene of the theft, in order to verify the fact that the hutch had been broken open, and to collect all the proofs they could.
"I waited patiently till the meal had been finished, when, turning toward the landlady, I said: 'Well, Madame Lecacheur, it will not be long now before I shall have to take my leave of you. "The good woman, at once surprised and troubled, replied in her drawling voice: 'My dear sir, what is it you say? You are going to leave us after I have become so accustomed to you?
We waited for her at table, but she did not appear. At length Mother Lecacheur went to her room. The English woman had gone out. She must have set out at break of day, as she was wont to do, in order to see the sun rise. Nobody seemed astonished at this and we began to eat in silence. The weather was hot, very hot, one of those still, boiling days, when not a leaf stirs.
I got up late and did not go downstairs until the late breakfast, being still in a bewildered state, not knowing what kind of expression to put on. "No one had seen Miss Harriet. We waited for her at table, but she did not appear. At length Mother Lecacheur went to her room. The English woman had gone out. She must have set out at break of day, as she was wont to do, in order to see the sun rise.
"Leaving the coast, I reached the hamlet, which was hemmed in by great trees, and I presented myself at the house of Mother Lecacheur. "She was an old, wrinkled and stern peasant woman, who seemed always to receive customers under protest, with a kind of defiance. "It was the month of May.
And the brigadier added: "Polyte has been sleeping with her for three weeks, for the thief has no place of his own to go to!" The gendarme make a little joke: "He takes the shepherd's blankets." Madame Lecacheur, who was seized by a fresh access of rage, of rage increased by a married woman's anger against debauchery, exclaimed: "It is she, I am sure. Go there. Ah! the blackguard thieves!"
In about half an hour the two gendarmes arrived. Brigadier Senateur was very tall and thin, and Gendarme Lenient short and fat. Lecacheur made them sit down, and told them the affair, and then they went and saw the scene of the theft, in order to verify the fact that the hutch had been broken open, and to collect all the proofs they could.
I can remember that I showed it to a cow that was browsing by the wayside, exclaiming as I did so: 'Look at that, my old beauty; you will not often see its like again. "When I had reached the house I immediately called out to Mother Lecacheur, shouting with all my might: "'Hullo, there! Mrs. Landlady, come here and look at this.
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