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They took him to the mayor, to the deputy, to the cure, and to the schoolmaster. Charlot, standing on the threshold of his cottage, watched him pass. In the evening, at supper, he said to the old people: "You must have been stupid to let the Vallins' boy be taken." The mother answered, obstinately: "I wouldn't sell my child." The father remained silent.
The first of the two cottages, as you came up from the bathing beach, Rolleport, was occupied by the Tuvaches, who had three girls and one boy; the other house sheltered the Vallins, who had one girl and three boys. They all subsisted frugally on soup, potatoes and fresh air.
I'd rather look for a living somewhere else." He opened the door. A sound of voices came in at the door. The Vallins were celebrating the return of their child. In society he was called "Handsome Signoles." His name was Vicomte Gontran-Joseph de Signoles. An orphan, and possessed of an ample fortune, he cut quite a dash, as it is called.
The old lady said to him: "It is there, my child, at the second house." And he entered the house of the Vallins, as if he were at home. The old mother was washing her aprons; the infirm father slumbered at the chimney-corner. Both raised their heads, and the young man said: "Good morning, papa; good morning, mamma!" They both stood up, frightened.
The Vallins were at table, slowly eating slices of bread which they parsimoniously spread with a little rancid butter on a plate between the two. M. d'Hubieres recommenced his proposals, but with more insinuations, more oratorical precautions, more shrewdness.
I'd rather look for a living somewhere else." He opened the door. A sound of voices came in at the door. The Vallins were celebrating the return of their child. In society he was called "Handsome Signoles." His name was Vicomte Gontran-Joseph de Signoles. An orphan, and possessed of an ample fortune, he cut quite a dash, as it is called.
The first of the two cottages, as you came up from the bathing beach, Rolleport, was occupied by the Tuvaches, who had three girls and one boy; the other house sheltered the Vallins, who had one girl and three boys. They all subsisted frugally on soup, potatoes and fresh air.
He had reached twenty-one years when, one morning, a brilliant carriage stopped before the two cottages. A young gentleman, with a gold watch-chain, got out, giving his hand to an aged, white-haired lady. The old lady said to him: "It is there, my child, at the second house." And he entered the house of the Vallins as though at home.
I'm not rich, but I don't sell my children!" The Vallins lived comfortably, thanks to the pension. That was the cause of the unappeasable fury of the Tuvaches, who had remained miserably poor. Their eldest went away to serve his time in the army; Charlot alone remained to labor with his old father, to support the mother and two younger sisters.
Sometimes she would take her Chariot in her arms with ostentation, exclaiming, as if he understood: "I didn't sell you, I didn't! I didn't sell you, my little one! I'm not rich, but I don't sell my children!" The Vallins lived at their ease, thanks to the pension. That was the cause of the inappeasable fury of the Tuvaches, who had remained miserably poor.
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