A tour through the Pyrenees . to stir theirlimbs. 444 BAGNERES AND LUCHON. Book IV. Here, four steps forward, as many back, aturn cramped by the conflict of neighboring dresses,two or three eeometric inchnations. The cotton-spinners in the prison at Poissy make precisely thesame motions. * But these people talk. Go forward and listen ; there is nothing incon-siderate about it, I assure returns after a minute. What did the man say ? The gentleman came up briskly, smiled deli-cately, and, with a gesture as of a happy discov-erer, he remarked that it was the lady? The ladys eyes f
A tour through the Pyrenees . to stir theirlimbs. 444 BAGNERES AND LUCHON. Book IV. Here, four steps forward, as many back, aturn cramped by the conflict of neighboring dresses,two or three eeometric inchnations. The cotton-spinners in the prison at Poissy make precisely thesame motions. * But these people talk. Go forward and listen ; there is nothing incon-siderate about it, I assure returns after a minute. What did the man say ? The gentleman came up briskly, smiled deli-cately, and, with a gesture as of a happy discov-erer, he remarked that it was the lady? The ladys eyes flashed. With an enchantingsmile of approval, she answeredthat it was indeed. Judge what constraint theymust have imposed on them-selves. The gentleman is thirtyyears old; for twelve years hehas known his phrase ; the ladyis twenty-two, she has knownhers for seven years. Each hasmade and heard the questionand answer three or four thou-sand times, and yet they appear to be interested,surprised. What empire over self! What force. Chap. III. THE PEOPLE. 445 of nature ! You see clearly that these French whoare called lieht are stoics on occasion. My eyes smart, my feet are swollen, I havebeen swallowing dust; it is one oclock in themorning, the air smells bad, I should like to they remain much longer ? Until five oclock in the morning. EIGHTH. Two days after there was a concert. TheCreole said in coming out that he was very tired,and had understood nothing of all that buzzing, andbegged Paul to explain to him what pleasure peo-ple found in such noise. For, said he, * they have enjoyed it, sincethey paid six francs for admission, and applaudedvehemently. Music awakes all sorts of agreeable reve- J)ries. Let us see. Such an air suggests scenes of love; suchanother makes you imagine great landscapes, tragicevents. And if you dont have these reveries, the musicbores you ? Certainly; unless you are professor of har-mony. 446 B A Give RES AND LUCHON. Book IV. But the audience were
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