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" Vraiment, where is he ?" 



" Ah, je n'en sais rien," said he. 



" Ah ! I see you have made a present of him ?" 

 I said, determined to. know all about it. 



As he saw I was bent on having the whole 

 story, taking me by the arm, he commenced : 



" Ah, voyez-vous, mon cher, c'etait un lievre 

 de quinze livres au moins, gros comme un veau; 

 je le tiens au i>out de mon fusil, voyez-vous, le 

 coup parti dou, pang 1" (Those two Words were 

 uttered with intense vehemence, and with his 

 left hand stretched out trying to grasp the end 

 of the barrel. I was really afraid he would 

 blow his hancl off.) " Voila mon lievre," he 

 continued, " qui fait la culbute; je cours pour le 

 ramasser, mais sacre nom de Die a ! il reprend sa 

 force et le voila reparti." 



" Ah," said I, " he went off no doubt to fetch 

 the currant jelly." 



" De tout, mon cher, de tout." 



He evidently had not taken my joke, or mis- 

 understood what I said. 



" Comment de tout ?" I continued, determined 

 on drawing him out. 



Nothing I could say seemed to put him out, 



