Dufort de Cheverney and have the suspicious
registers concealed. - This done, "Velu is obliged to leave his
bottle and march to the chateau. - He assumed haughtiness and aimed
at familiarity; he would put his hand on his breast and, taking yours,
address you: "Good day, brother." - He came there at nine o'clock in
the morning, advanced, took my hand and said: "Good-day, brother, how
are you?" "Very well, citizen, and how are you?" "You do not tutoyer -
you are not up to the Revolution? "We'll see - will you step in the
parlor?" "Yes, brother, I'll follow you." - We enter; he sees my wife
who, I may say, has an imposing air. He boldly embraces her and,
repeating his gesture on the breast, takes her hand and says: "Good-
day, sister." "Come," I interpose, "let us take breakfast, and, if you
please, you shall dine with me." "Yes, but on one condition, that tu
me tutoie." "I will try, but I am not in the habit of it." After
warming up his intellect and heart with a bottle of wine, we get rid
of him by sending him to inspect the archives-room, along with my son
and Bambinet. It is amusing, for he can only read print. . .
Bambinet, and the procureur, read the titles aloud, and pass over the
feudalisms.
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