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As if his ears were as sensitive to such sounds as those of a mother who hears her child even when it stirs, the man arose. Seeing Martine standing by him, he asked in slight irritation, "What yer want? Why kyant yer say what yer want en have done 'th it?
And without calculating the consequences of her indiscretion, the grief or the joy which she might cause, she relieved herself by telling all she knew. "Yes, if monsieur has died, it is because mademoiselle went away." From the depths of her overpowering grief Clotilde protested. She had expected to see Martine weeping with her, like Ramond, and she was surprised to feel that she was an enemy.
And this was why she had stopped Martine, assuming a pitying air, asking what news there was, and seeming to be surprised that they had not had recourse to her purse, while giving it to be understood that her dignity forbade her to take the first step. "You should speak to monsieur, and persuade him," ended the servant. And indeed, why should he not appeal to his mother?
Martine herself lived at Sainte-Marthe, in a retired corner, so penuriously that she must be still saving even out of her small income. She was not known to have any heir. Who, then, would profit by this miserliness? In ten months she had not once set foot in La Souleiade monsieur was not there, and she had not even the desire to see monsieur's son.
Benoist saw only her back; but he knew well the face he loved, without, however, having ever noticed it more closely than he did now. Suddenly he said: "Nom d'un nom, she is a fine girl, all the same, that Martine." He watched her as she walked, admiring her hastily, feeling a desire taking possession of him. He did not long to see her face again, no.
It is not great art, it is not profoundly significant, it is often frankly third-rate, but it is genuine; and therefore I rate the artisans of the Ecole Martine with the best contemporary painters, not as artists, but as manifestations of the movement. I am no devout lover of rag-time and turkey-trotting, but they too are manifestations.
A sharp pain remained in the hollow of his chest, and his left arm, benumbed, hung from his shoulder like lead. In his long waiting for the help that Martine had gone to bring, he had reflected on the suffering which made the flesh cry out. And he found that he was resigned; he no longer felt the rebelliousness which the mere sight of physical pain had formerly awakened in him.
It was further suggested that Senator Smith had the necessary votes to elect himself and that it would be futile to attempt to elect Jim Martine; and that his intervention in this family quarrel would result in a bitter and humiliating defeat for him at the very outset of his administration. When the Governor-elect had concluded this preliminary statement, I was depressed and disappointed.
She regarded him gratefully, and for the first time since that terrible May morning the semblance of a smile briefly illumined her face. It can readily be understood that Martine in his expedition to the South had not limited his efforts solely to his search for Captain Nichol.
"What do you see there?" asked Martine. "Oh, I dare not tell; but I want to get down," and he began to cry. "Stay there, my child; stay there!" said all the women. "Don't be afraid; tell us all that you see." "Well, then, they've put the Cure between two great boards that squeeze his legs, and there are cords round the boards." "Ah! that is the rack," said one of the townsmen.
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