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And then he gave me his blessing, but no blankets and no stove and no money. And I have not said ten Paters and Aves yet, because my bones have ached too much all the week for me to walk up the hill to Bon-Secours. And the blessing has been no use to me at all." "Nor is it likely to be!" scoffed Martine "I thought you had given up all that Church-nonsense long ago."
"'And, then, who then? says I. "'Upon yourself, Mickey Free, says he, 'God pardon you for it, too! "'Upon me? says I. "'Troth, no less, says he; 'how many Masses was said for your father's soul; how many Aves; how many Paters? Answer me. "'Devil a one of me knows! may be twenty. "'Twenty, twenty! no, nor one.
Between his fingers glided the Rosary's wreath of Aves, intersected by Paters, like a garland of white roses mingled with the lilies of the Annunciation, the blood-hued flowers of Calvary, and the stars of the Coronation.
Therefore the women wept, and tried to remember those Paters and Aves which the tyranny of liberty, fraternity and equality had ordered them to forget. Broken rosaries were fetched out from neglected corners, and knees stiff with endless, thankless toil were bent once more in prayer. "Oh God! Good God! Do not allow that woman to flee!" "Holy Virgin! Mother of God! Make that she should not escape!"
By this time I saw his drift: but he really had managed his point so dexterously not forgetting the De profundis that I gave him tenpence in silver: he pocketed it with great alacrity, and was at the prayer in a twinkling, which he did offer up in prime,style five paters, five aves, and a creed, whilst I set the same number to his credit.
"There's only the carcase of a prairie chicken left in the larder. That won't be much to satisfy our paters when they come back." "And we'll want to tackle a small morsel ourselves," added Holden. "I've never had such an appetite in my life until I came West. There's something inside me that is always calling out: 'Grub! Grub!
However, all eloquence here consisted in displaying the strength of one's lungs in a violent delivery of the phrase or cry which the whole crowd had to repeat; for the addresses were nothing more than so much vociferation interspersed with "Ayes" and "Paters."
"The south wind must blow upon the garden, ere the spices can flow out. Ask the Lord I will ask Him also to pour on thee the gift of the Holy Ghost." "How many Paters?" said the girl in a weary tone. "One will do, my daughter, if thou wilt put thy whole heart into it." "I can put my heart into nothing." "Then say to Him this only `Lord, I bring Thee a dead heart, that Thou mayest give it life."
Helene stood upright gazing on Paris, while Mother Fetu vanished among the tombs, muttering three Paters and three Aves. The snow had ceased falling; the last of the flakes had fluttered slowly and wearily on to the roofs; and through the dissolving mist the golden sun could be seen tinging the pearly-grey expanse of heaven with a pink glow.
"We are going about due north, I think. The bend goes due west, but as the main part of the river flows north according to the map, if we go straight on we are bound to strike the water again." "Right, old man," responded Bob. "In any case, the paters could not be so near home, or they would have had plenty of time to get back, even by crawling.
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