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He both lisps and snuffles, as was mentioned; writes cunningly acres of despatches to Prince Eugene; never swears, though a military man, except on great occasions one oath, JARNI-BLEU, which is perhaps some flash-note version of CHAIR-DE-DIEU, like PARBLEU, 'Zounds and the rest of them, which the Devil cannot prosecute you for; whereby an economic man has the pleasure of swearing on cheap terms.
"My friend," he was saying yesterday to Monsieur de Malouet, "you know that I am no more jealous than any one else; but without being Orosmane, I do not pretend to be George Dandin. Well! one thing troubles me, my friend; have you noticed that apparently no one pays any attention to my wife?" "Parbleu! if that's what troubles you " "Of course it is; you must admit that it is not natural.
"Why, it seems so. When the dancing begins, the reading is done." "The reading, yes; but the oaths?" said the Abbe, in a low voice. "What oaths?" asked De Thou. "Is not Monsieur le Grand come?" "I expected to see him; but I suppose he has not come, or else he has gone." "No, no! come with me," said the bare-brained Abbe. "You are one of us. Parbleu! it is impossible to do without you; come!"
But this is a little like the skin of that fine bear you know that they were about to sell, but which it was necessary to take from the back of the living bear. Now, to take M. Monk, there will be a bit of scuffle, I should think." "No doubt; but as I shall raise an army to " "Yes, yes I understand, parbleu! a coup-de-main.
He helped him to rise, restored to him his sword, which he had dropped, and said to him, with the greatest calmness, notwithstanding the balls which rained on all sides: "My friend, do I not appear very ridiculous amid all this skirmish, in my costume of Counsellor in Parliament?" "Parbleu!" said Montresor, advancing, "here's the Abbe, who quite justifies you."
Behind his monocle, his keen, mocking glance seemed like a taunting smile. "Well," he said, in a somewhat abrupt tone, as he sat near Marianne, "I congratulate you, my dear friend." "Why?" she answered with surprise. "On the great news, parbleu! Your marriage." She turned slightly pale. "How do you know? "I have seen the duke. He called on me." "On you? What for?"
"Je le vois parbleu bien!" she lightly returned. "I mean why do you feel us, judge us, understand us so well? I please you because you see, because you know; and then for that very reason of my pleasing you must adapt me to your convenience, you must take me over, as they say. You admire me as an artist and therefore want to put me into a box in which the artist will breathe her last.
"Who is that lady?" I asked the old waiter Emile, who was serving me. "Madame is an Austrian," he confided to me, bending his fat back as he poured my coffee. "Austrian, eh! Are you certain, Emile?" "Parbleu, monsieur" replied Emile, "one is never certain of any one in Paris. I only tell monsieur what I have heard. Ah! it is very easy to be mistaken in Paris, monsieur.
"Light it," said Porthos, a third time. "But do you understand me?" "Parbleu!" said Porthos again, with laughter that he did not even attempt to restrain, "when a thing is explained to me I understand it; begone, and give me the light." Aramis gave the burning match to Porthos, who held out his arm to him, his hands being engaged.
There is your Corporal there le beau Victor has been attacked by four drunken dogs of Arbicos, dead-drunk, and four against one. He fought them superbly, but he would only parry, not thrust, because he knows how strict the rules are about dealing with the scoundrels even when they are murdering you, parbleu! He has behaved splendidly. I tell you so.
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