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dour, and obstinacy. In the interval that had elapsed since 

 I first met him, twelve years before, in the Terre-Chaude, he 

 had become my friend as much as my servant. He was 

 never happy in a tovni, and was always praising wild life, 

 even the inconveniences of the solitudes in which he had been 

 born. 



" ^yhat a pity that it is so dark," said Lucien, whom Sumichrast 

 was leading by the hand. 



" For what reason do you wish for daylight?" I asked. 



"Why? Because every one is asleep now, and none of my 

 friends will see me pass with my sword, my gourd, and my 

 game-pouch." 



" So, you think that your travelling-costume would make your 

 companions envious ?— that 's not a kind feeling ! " 



