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Yet thou hast thy friends, that meet and drink to thee and wish thee well wheresoever thou hast found thy grand peut-etre. VIII. To Jane Austen. You are not a very popular author: your volumes are not found in gaudy covers on every bookstall; or, if found, are not perused with avidity by the Emmas and Catherines of our generation.
I am hungry haven't had anything to eat for some time, you know." "Oh, yes," said Oscard shortly; "I know all about it." Chacun de vous peut-etre en son coeur solitaire Sous des ris passagers etouffe un long regret. "Good-bye to that damned old Platter may it be for ever!" With this valedictory remark Joseph shook his fist once more at the unmoved mountain and resumed his march.
The girl was furious, but determined to say nothing, hoping by her scornful silence to drive off her admirer. He persisted, however, in his unwelcome attentions. "Peut-être madamoiselle does not schpick Français. I can parler a leetle Eenglesh, mais pas beaucoup." Judy rose from her seat, overcome with indignation and a slight feeling of fear.
Ours was French, and went off at a moment's notice, with just time for a polite "Adieu, peut-être pour toujours." Tony hated everything mechanical except rifles and revolvers, and had never learned to drive a car; Belgian chauffeurs had something better to do than help travellers out of trouble; so there we were!
When he had become somewhat calmer, he composed those admirable verses, To a Man: Philosophe indulgent, ministre citoyen, Qui ne cherchas le vrai que pour faire le bien, Qui d'un peuple léger et trop ingrat peut-être Préparais le bonheur et celui de son maître, Ce qu'on nomme disgrace a payé tes bienfaits. Le vrai prix de travail n'est que de vivre en paix.
She was of little use as far as communication of knowledge went, but for strict surveillance and maintenance of rules she was invaluable. "Je sais bien qu'elle n'a pas de principes, ni, peut-etre, de moeurs," admitted Madame frankly; but added with philosophy, "son maintien en classe est toujours convenable et rempli meme d'une certaine dignite: c'est tout ce qu'il faut.
These are the things that aesthetic fools "with varnished faces" easily overlook and misunderstand; but good simple fellows "honest cods" as Rabelais would say are struck to the heart by them. How proud the man might be, who in the turmoil of this troublesome world and beneath the mystery of "le grand Peut-être" could answer to the ultimate question, "I am a Christian of the faith of Rabelais!"
It had not seemed possible that Claire de la Fontaine would ride and walk two so long miles in a desolate country to meet a lover It must be that we are gone mad." "Madness then is the sweetest experience of life," said Dan, seizing her hand again and carrying it to his lips. "Ah peut-etre, mon ami. But now there are many affairs to discuss.
"One moment," said the maire as he took up a pen, "'les civils'! I ordered the civil population to deposit their arms at the mairie two days ago, and the commissaire de police and the gendarmes have searched every house. We have no armed civilians here." "Es macht nichts," said the officer; "we shall add 'ou peut-être des militaires en civil."
Behold both Nitouche and the trembling peasant-girl, together with the brasses as evidence, all could be brought at an instant's call, into the open court. Were the maids were Marianne or Lizette neglecting their work to flirt with the coachmen in the sheds yonder? "Allons, mes filles doucement, la-bas et vos lits? qui les fait les bons saints du paradis, peut-etre?"
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