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horses, and the brown mare being again in a brown study, he 

 snatched the whip and woke her up with a smart cut. 



&quot;I am made very happy,&quot; the Frenchman continued, &quot; very 

 happy that you so do like the grand idea of the fraternity of 

 nations ; and for that good time, which shall surely come, I 

 do, with you, make the prayer that it be quickly. Ah ! gen 

 tlemen with what like many waters spake the God- 

 voice through my people that word the other year, Fraternite ! 

 what you call the Brotherhood, and with it Liberty and 

 Equality. Individuality, its rights ; association, its love, its 

 opportunity! Ah! gentlemen, ah! sir, I have not ever in 

 England heard so good words as those you speaked. Ah! 

 mine friend, I do feel you mine brother to be ! Ah ! mon 

 cher ami, certainement do you know your religion is my 

 religion Dieu est charite ! Ah ! mine friends, I very much 



communion have with you And my country, in which 



was those good word spoken. Ah, mon Dieu ! ah, mon 

 Dieu ! ma belle France ! ma belle France ! porquoi ! por- 

 quoi /&quot; and the poor little man broke down. 



&quot; Jerusalem ! oh Jerusalem ! that slayest thy prophets !&quot; 

 said our friend, drawing his head upon his shoulder, and then 

 going on in a low tone expressive of sympathy and consola 

 tion, of which 1 could not hear the words. 



&quot; Ptshut ! Baby !&quot; said the coachman. 



&quot; Baby V said I. &quot; Yes, for of such is the kingdom of 

 heaven. &quot; 



&quot; Just what I told you, sir.&quot; He went on growling, not 

 having understood me. &quot; No bottom, sir, no bottom / . . . 

 and a man can t fight, you know, without bottom. . . . Pooh ! 

 regular women ! . . . See the hair round his mouth ! 

 snob ! . . . How the devil does he ever get the soup into 



if? . . . if I wouldn t match the Queen s Head 



bar-maid against the best man amongst them. . . . They 



