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And Florian began to grow dissatisfied, for Tiburce was no longer recognizable, and Tiburce whispered things uncomfortable to believe; and other eyes, as wild as his, but lit with red flarings from behind, like a beast's eyes, showed in the mists to this side and to that side, for unhappy beings were passing through the mists upon secret errands which they discharged unwillingly.
"We've got it under control," he said, "but the house is entirely burnt, and what's worse, several children, five or six, perhaps, are lost. One is buried beneath, two have been suffocated, and we don't know where the other three are." "How did it happen?" asked M. Vulfran. "La Tiburce was asleep, drunk. She is still in that condition. The biggest of the children were playing with the matches.
It's La Tiburce's house that's on fire." La Tiburce was a drunken creature who minded little babies who were too young to be taken to the crèche. She lived in a miserable tumble-down house near the schools. "Let us go there," said M. Vulfran. They had only to follow the crowd, for the people, when they saw the flames and smoke rising, were running excitedly to the spot where the fire was.
And Florian shivered a little, not with fear, but with distaste. "A man prefers to forget these things when he marries. It is natural enough. But are you not afraid of me who come from yonder?" "Why should I be afraid of you, Tiburce, who gave your life for mine?" "I do not say. But we change yonder." "And does love change, Tiburce? For surely love is immortal." "Living or dead, love changes.
So it came about that Adelais went into France with the great-grandson of Tiburce d'Arnaye: and Fulke, they say, made her a very fair husband. But he had not, of course, much time for love-making.
"I drink," said Florian, as he took the proffered cup, "to the welfare of my beloved Adelaide, whom alone of women I have really loved, and whom I shall love always." "I perceive," replied the other, "that you must still be having your joke." Then Florian drank, and after him Tiburce. And Florian said, "But it is a strange drink, Tiburce, and now that you have tasted it you are changed."
In his "Recollections" Mr. David Christie Murray relates how, when dining at the Hotel Misseri, in Constantinople, at the time of the Russo Turkish War, he witnessed a meeting between a French officer, Captain Tiburce Morisot, and Archibald Campbell afterwards known as "Schipka" Campbell.
"And so," Tiburce said, in concluding his tale, "it is not permitted that I make merry at your wedding after the fashion of those who are still in the warm flesh. But now that you recall our ancient compact, it is permitted I have my peculiar share in the merriment, and I may drink with you to the bride's welfare."
"There," said he, "now we are quits, and I have your apologies to boot; as for me, I shan't make any, you may be quite sure of that." The scandal was great. The act occurring in the professor's presence, he was obliged to report it to the governor of the school, the Marquis Tiburce Valence.
As he drank, Tiburce d'Arnaye was changed even more, and the shape of him altered, and the shape of him trickled as though Tiburce were builded of sliding fine white sand. So Tiburce d'Arnaye returned to his own place. The appearances that had sat to his left and to his right were no longer there to trouble Florian with memories.
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