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But really " He shrugged his shoulders. "I'm interested in the young men, but <i voyons>, you yourself, Monsieur Stroeve, you don't think there's any talent there." "I give you my word of honour, there's no one painting to-day in whose talent I am more convinced. Take my word for it, you are missing a good affair. Some day those pictures will be worth more than all you have in your shop.
Ivan Matveitch probably ascribed to some other feeling to a feeling of grief or gratitude what was expressed in my face, and as though wishing to comfort me, he patted me on the shoulder, at the same time, as usual, gently repelling me, and observed: 'Voyons, mon enfant, du courage! Nous sommes tous mortels! Et puis il n'y a pas encore de danger.
Bon! here comes a note from Mr. Halsey! Ah ça! Lend him "Zaidee"? Certainly! Here is a postscript three times the length of the note; voyons.
"She knows Célimène; I've heard her do Célimène," Gabriel Nash said to Madame Carré". "And she knows Juliet, she knows Lady Macbeth and Cleopatra," added Mrs. Rooth. "Voyons, my dear child, do you wish to work for the French stage or for the English?" the old actress demanded. "Ours would have sore need of you, Miss Rooth," Sherringham gallantly threw off.
"You do not appear to mind making the crane's foot, my sister," said Rose, with a slight smile. "In my youth lovers were expected to be forward and maidens looked for attention." "It is not so long since your youth, my all fair." "But perhaps M. le Gallais is better occupied in another part." "Voyons, ma soeur; it is quite equal, to me.
"My quill, Maryette," he muttered, " see if it floats yet?" The girl bent over the water and strained her eyes. Her father tested the line with shaky hands. There was no fish on the hook. "Voyons! The asticot also is gone. Some robber fish has been nibbling!" exclaimed the girl cheerfully, reeling in the line. "Father, one cannot fish and doze at the same time."
"<i Voyons, Rene, mon ami>," came the loud, cheerful voice of Madame Coutras, "what are you doing all this time? Here are the <i aperitifs>. Ask <i Monsieur> if he will not drink a little glass of Quinquina Dubonnet." "<i Volontiers>, Madame," I said, going out on to the verandah. The spell was broken. The time came for my departure from Tahiti.
One after another these white-faced applicants leant over the counter. "Voyons, Monsieur!" they urged; "tell me this or inform me of that." But the clerk only smiled and shook his head. "Patience, Monsieur," he answered. "I cannot tell you yet. We are awaiting advices from London." "But when will you receive them?" inquired several, at once. "It may be to-morrow. It may not be for several days."
A tear fell upon her knitting. The old tante Bergeron, who came in to keep house for her while she was busy with the store, diagnosed her malady and was displeased with it. "You are love-sick," said she. "That is bad. Especially for a married woman. It is wrong to love any of God's creatures too much. Trouble will come of it voyons voir."
'Voyons, I say to myself, 'it is n't particularly charming to hear one's self made out such a low person, but it is worth thinking over; there 's probably a good deal of truth in it, and at any rate we must be as good a girl as we can. That 's the great point! And then here 's a magnificent chance for humility. If there 's doubt in the matter, let the doubt count against one's self.
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