[Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hemon]@TWC D-Link bookMaria Chapdelaine CHAPTER X 7/18
But as the luck was, something had happened to the line and the trains were not running. I heard all this through Johnny Niquette of St.Henri, who arrived from La Tuque two days ago." "Yes." "When Francois found that he could not take the train he burst into a laugh, and in that sort of a humour said that as it was a case of walking he would walk all the way-reaching the lake by following the rivers, first the Croche and then the Ouatchouan which falls in near Roberval." "That is so," said Chapdelaine.
"It can be done.
I have gone that way." "Not at this time of year, Mr.Chapdelaine, certainly not just at this time.
Everyone there told Francois that it would be foolhardy to attempt such a trip in midwinter, about Christmas, with the cold as great as it was, some four feet of snow lying in the woods, and alone.
But he only laughed and told them that he was used to the woods and that a little difficulty was not going to frighten him, because he was bound to get to the upper side of the lake for the holidays, and that where the Indians were able to cross he could make the crossing too.
<<Back Index Next>> D-Link book Top TWC mobile books
|