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"Never mind what we will believe. Only tell us what it is," said the third. "Well, they told Pierriche that these Bastonnais are terrible men, tall and strong. They suffer neither cold nor heat. Nothing can hurt them, neither powder, nor ball." "And why not?" "Because...." Here the pretty housewife paused suddenly, and with a look of mingled fear and surprise, pointed to the river.
The youngest and prettiest of the four women having listened to all this, straightened herself up from her tub, and placing her arms akimbo, said: "Pierriche" meaning her husband "was in the city all yesterday afternoon. You know Pierriche is a great talker, and likes to know all the news. Every time he goes to the city he has enough to talk about for a week afterwards.
"Yes, but look at his dress and that of his companions," exclaimed the others. "Just what Perriche said," repeated the first. "They are devils, not men," cried out a second. "Just what Pierriche said. They are clad in sheet-iron." "Yes, that is true. Sheet-iron men!" And the frightened women, leaving the clothes on the jetty, fled precipitately up the bank.
Her companions turned and saw a light birch-bark canoe, shooting out from the opposite shore and directed for mid-stream. Three men were in it. "There!" said the first speaker. "Just what Pierriche said. Look at them. Look especially at that tall man sitting in the stern. The boat is approaching very quick. See, he raises his cap and salutes us." "What a handsome fellow," said Marguerite.
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