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Now these gatherings consisted chiefly of those tillers of the soil who are called cebets, from a Provencal word cebe, which means "onion," and they could easily be recognised as Catholics by their red pouf, which they wore both in and out of uniform. On the other hand, the dragoons were all Protestants.
Bobtail's face being rather smutty, he washes it, and Rag's boots being rather tight, he puts them on at leisure, during which process he has time to smoke three pipes. Bobtail. Bub-bub-bub-bub ... whew ... pouf!... Rag. How many?"
Pouf! only six miles on the two o'clock express bound north, why why! the very train that you and I will be taking, later, Daddy-man, along in May, when you try out experiments with that little model rocket you're working on now, upon old Mount Greylock highest mountain of the State.
"Thou'lt take him, then?" asked Carew. "Take him?" cried the old precentor, catching the master-player by the hand. "Marry, that will I; a voice like that grows not on every bush. Take him? Pouf! I know my place he shall be entered on the rolls at once." "Good!" said Carew. "I shall have him learn to dance, and teach him how to act myself.
The hope of deliverance, once admitted into her mind, overcame all perplexities. A little while and the canon came in glowing hot. "Pouf!" and he wiped his rubicund, round visage with a handkerchief as brilliant. Coming straight from the glare out of doors, he was not aware of the stranger in the salon till his eyes were used to the gloom.
"Pouf!" said the Curd, letting out a big sigh as he came to a standstill and mopped his brow. "Had ever poor man such trouble with his flock? and the thermometer at twenty-eight, too! Advance, my children you first, Maman Vacher; and Heaven grant the good father here may compose your differences!" Here the Cure himself a peasant flung out both hands as if resigning the case.
Ah, 'tis sorrow and dule she hath brought tae his roof tree, an' sorrow and dule wull be her portion at the hands o' strangers, and with this scriptural ending Mr McIntosh sharply whipped up Rory, and went on towards the stable, leaving Vandeloup standing in the road. 'I don't think he suspects, at all events, thought that young man, complacently. 'As to Madame Midas pouf!
"No, nothing special," answered Truesdale; "I just happened in. And I think," he added to himself, "that I had better lose no time in happening out. The idea of my running up against such a tar-kettle as this! Pouf!" As he went out he passed along the front of Belden's desk.
Then Samson sahib would be considered a most excellent commissioner and would surely get promotion! Pouf!" "Perhaps my husband can make a separate bargain with the English." "Pouf! Samson sahib is an idiot, but he is not fool enough to give away what would be in his hands already! I myself, hidden beneath your window, heard him give you clear warning on that point! No, there must be another plan.
"But the prisoners are Catholics; surely they are permitted the offices of the Church at such a time?" A hard look swept across the Capuchin's pale, ascetic face. "Oh, ay! I had quite forgotten," he explained bitterly. "They enjoy the ministrations of Father Cassati, of our Order, as representative of Holy Church." "Pouf!" I muttered gloomily. "It is bad to have the guard-lines drawn so closely.
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