. Artists and Arabs : or, sketching in sunshine . cts of about equal import-ance, with the latest Parisian gossip, and intel- Chap. VIII. FRENCH OFFICERS. 185 ligencc of a new piece at the Varietes. Oneother letter we may mention^ that came up bythe same post, to one other member of that httleband, perched Hke eagles on the heights ; it wasalso unimportant and from home, and the burdenof it was this—Broadtouch had stretched tenfeet of canvas for a painting of one rolling wave,and Interstice had studied the texture of anut-shell until his eyes were dim. We finish the evening as usual with domin
. Artists and Arabs : or, sketching in sunshine . cts of about equal import-ance, with the latest Parisian gossip, and intel- Chap. VIII. FRENCH OFFICERS. 185 ligencc of a new piece at the Varietes. Oneother letter we may mention^ that came up bythe same post, to one other member of that httleband, perched Hke eagles on the heights ; it wasalso unimportant and from home, and the burdenof it was this—Broadtouch had stretched tenfeet of canvas for a painting of one rolling wave,and Interstice had studied the texture of anut-shell until his eyes were dim. We finish the evening as usual with dominoesand coffee; enjoying many a long and delightfulchit-chat with our military friends. These plea-sant, genial, but rather unhappy gentlemen donot talk shop, it is tabooed in conversation, asstrictly as at the Rag: but the stamp of banishment is upon their faces unmistakeably, and ifthey do speak of this foreign service (now thatthe war is nearly over), it is in language thatseems to say,— all ye who enter here, leave Hopebehind. CHAPTER ?WINTER SWALLOWS. CHAPTER IX. WINTER SWALLOWS. Oh que Thirondelle est bien la type de la vraie sagesse, elle qui asu effacer de son existence, ces longs hivers qui glacent et engour-dissent! Des que le soleil commence a dCcroitre, sitot que lesplantes jaunissent et qu aux chaudes haleines du Ztphyr succedentles froides rafales de laquilon, elle senvole prudemment a tire dailes,vers les douces regions embaumCes du Midi.
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