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Updated: June 15, 2025
Anne-de-la-Pérade, when Bigot gave them a supper at the house in which he lodged, and they spent the evening at cards. The next morning brought them to Three Rivers, where Madame Marin, Franquet's travelling companion, wanted to stop to see her sister, the wife of Rigaud, who was then governor of the place.
But it chanced through some parliamentary incident that the deputy became a minister. Six months later Jean Marin was appointed a state councillor. He was so elated with pride at first that he lost his head. He would walk through the streets just to show himself off, as though one could tell by his appearance what position he occupied.
As they were yelling and dancing their delight at the contortions with which he tried to avoid the rising flames, Marin, hearing what was going on forward, broke through the crowd, and with a courageous humanity not too common among Canadian officers, dashed aside the burning brush, untied the prisoner, and angrily upbraided his tormentors.
I should like to make a pilgrimage to her grave," he added as we left the old adobe house. "You can," I replied. "It's tucked away in a corner of the Benicia Cemetery, marked by a marble slab carved with her name and a simple cross." We entered a grove of eucalyptus trees, which now and again divided, giving marvelous views of the bay and the Marin shore.
The numbers above mentioned make only three hundred and eighty-three, so that there is an error somewhere. Trois quarts: it is not said of what measure; probably a pint. The original is n'ayant pas le pié marin, not having a sailors foot. Our Lady of Laux is in the Department of the Upper Alps, not far from Gap.
A little beyond, a tug was sending up a twisted pillar of smoke as it towed a three-masted schooner to sea. His eyes wandered over toward the Marin County shore. The line where land and water met was already in darkness, and long shadows were creeping up the hills toward Mount Tamalpais, which was sharply silhouetted against the western sky.
I ran around the island to make sure it was an island and not by chance a portion of the mainland. An island it certainly was, one of the Marin group, fringed with a sandy beach and surrounded by a sea of mud. Nothing remained but to wait till daylight and to keep warm; for it was a cold, raw night for California, with just enough wind to pierce the skin and cause one to shiver.
We dismissed Marin with a present of fifty louis, and my brother-in-law besought of me to grant him four and twenty hours undisturbed reflection, whilst, on my side, I assured him I should not rest until we had completely discomfited our enemies. On the following day Comte Jean laid before me several projects, which were far from pleasing in my eyes; too much time was required in their execution.
"Le voici ah! ma chère Mam'selle Alide, que ce Monsieur le marin se fâchait
But, besides these smaller dairy-farms, Marin County contains some large "butter ranches," as they are called, which are a great curiosity in their way.
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