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Quand au voleur, il me plaît, s'il est énergique, car il m'amuse. It was the energy of self-assertiveness that pleased Beyle; that of self-restraint did not interest him. The immorality of the point of view is patent, and at times it appears to be simply based upon the common selfishness of an egotist. But in reality it was something more significant than that.
Reading the play is to miss half its pleasure; so you must take my word in the matter unless you have been lucky enough to see it yourself, in which case ten to one you will agree with me that one such play is worth a kettleful of boiled-over drama like Le Voleur, Le Secret, Samson, La Vierge Folle, et cetera, et cetera.
The stories of him quite bring one back to the "Arabian Nights," and they could not have chosen a more appropriate ballet for him than "Le Calife Voleur." If he stayed long enough, he might revolutionise the hours of London. I was close to Blücher yesterday, but only saw his back, for I never thought of looking at a man's face who had only a black coat on.
It was called The Voleur, and at the end of a month had a circulation of ten thousand. It was a dishonest mode of getting money, as no original writing was given. The name, Voleur, means thief.
The air she knew, and the voice she knew. The chanson was, "Le Voleur de grand Chemin!" The voice was her husband's. She knew the words, too; and even before she could hear them, they were fitting into the air: "Qui va la! There's some one in the orchard, There's a robber in the apple-trees; Qui va la! He is creeping through the doorway. Ah, allez-vous-en! Va-t'-en!"
My best efforts to comfort Jean in this matter were quite futile. Like a child who has been unjustly punished he was inconsolable. Great tears welled in his eyes. He kept repeating "sees-tee franc planton voleur," and absolutely like a child who in anguish calls itself by the name which has been given itself by grown-ups "steel Jean munee."
Their tongues, like Baron Munchausen's horn, seemed to run with an accumulated rapidity from the long embargo laid upon them. "Sacré gueux, bête, voleur," &c., were the current coin in which they repaid his despotism, and I was happy to find that his conduct in Spain was by all held in utter detestation and considered as the ground work of his ruin.
He rose up, encountered the stern looks of the men by one as fierce as theirs, and said hoarsely: 'I withdraw the accusation! The young woman's story is a fabrication. I I lent, gave the fellow the note myself. A storm of execration 'Coquin! voleur! scélérat! burst forth at this confession, received by Derville with a defiant scowl, as he stalked out of the apartment.
Comprends-tu, Cupidon, c'est une sottise que tu as fait?" Cupidon made no reply; his head was hung down a little lower, and his lips extended a little farther out. "Sache que tu es un petit voleur!" continued his mistress. Cupidon did not condescend to answer. "Allez, monsieur; ne m'approchez pas."
As if the equipage were a great firework, and the mere sight of a smoking cottage chimney had lighted it, instantly it begins to crack and splutter, as if the very devil were in it. Crack, crack, crack, crack. Crack-crack- crack. Crick-crack. Crick-crack. Helo! Hola! Vite! Voleur! Brigand! Hi hi hi! En r-r-r-r-r-route!
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