A tour through the Pyrenees . THE VALLEY OF OSSAU. Book II. The young man treated Gassion magnificently atthe army. Vou are trifling with yourself, Mon-sieur le Marquis, said he: of what use are allthese dainties ? S death ! we only want goodbread, good wine and good forage. He thoughtof his horse as much as of MLLE. DE SHClK He was a poor courtier and troubled himself littleabout ceremonies. One day he went to the com-munion before the prince palatine, and the follow-ing Sunday, having found his place taken, he wouldnever allow that a nobleman should give it up, andwent to seek a pl
A tour through the Pyrenees . THE VALLEY OF OSSAU. Book II. The young man treated Gassion magnificently atthe army. Vou are trifling with yourself, Mon-sieur le Marquis, said he: of what use are allthese dainties ? S death ! we only want goodbread, good wine and good forage. He thoughtof his horse as much as of MLLE. DE SHClK He was a poor courtier and troubled himself littleabout ceremonies. One day he went to the com-munion before the prince palatine, and the follow-ing Sunday, having found his place taken, he wouldnever allow that a nobleman should give it up, andwent to seek a place somewhere else. Neverthelesshe was scarcely courtly towards ladies, and on thispoint not at all worthy of Henry IV. At court, many young ladies who were pleased\\\\\\ him, were wheedling him, and said : * Of a Chap. VI. THE INHABITANTS. truth, monsieur, you have performed the finest pos-sible deeds.— Thats a matter of course, said one said : I should be orlad to have a hus-band like M. de Gassion.— I dont doubt it, an-swered he. He said of Mile, de Segur, who was old and ugly, I like that young woman ; she looks like a Croat. When Bougis, his lieutenant de gendarmes,stayed too long in Paris in the winter-time, hewrote to him : You are amusing yourself withthose women, and you will die like a dog;
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