Do you hunt or fish, Monsieur de Buxieres ?" "Neither the one nor the other." "So much the worse for you.

You will find the time hang very heavily on your hands in this country, where there are so few sources of amusement.
But never fear! You can not be always reading, and when the fine weather comes you will yield to the temptation; all the more likely because you have Claudet Sejournant with you.

A jolly fellow he is; there is not one like him for killing a snipe or sticking a trout! Our trout here on the Aubette, Monsieur de Buxieres, are excellent--of the salmon kind, and very meaty." Then came an interval of silence.

The Abbe began to suspect that this conversation was not one of profound interest to his visitor, and he resumed: "Speaking of Claudet, Monsieur, allow me to offer you my congratulations.

You have acted in a most Christian-like and equitable manner, in making amends for the inconceivable negligence of the deceased Claude de Buxieres.