My brother Edouard fights them as best he can; they take him in their arms, kiss him, and make him all sorts of compliments on his courage; a little more and they would have given him sugar-plums as a reward for his gallant conduct.

Now, just the reverse; my friend Sir John follows my example, goes where I have been; he is treated as a spy and stabbed, as they thought, to death." "But he didn't die." "No.

On the contrary, he is so well that he wants to marry my sister." "Ah ha! Has he asked for her ?" "Officially." "And you answered ?" "I answered that the matter depended on two persons." "Your mother and you; that's true." "No; my sister herself--and you." "Your sister I understand; but I ?" "Didn't you tell me general, that you would take charge of marrying her ?" Bonaparte walked up and down the room with his arms crossed; then, suddenly stopping before Roland, he said: "What is your Englishman like ?" "You have seen him, general." "I don't mean physically; all Englishmen are alike--blue eyes, red hair, white skin, long jaws." "That's their _th_," said Roland, gravely.
"Their _th_ ?" "Yes.

Did you ever learn English, general ?" "Faith! I tried to learn it." "Your teacher must have told you that the _th_ was sounded by pressing the tongue against the teeth.

Well, by dint of punching their teeth with their tongues the English have ended by getting those elongated jaws, which, as you said just now, is one of the distinctive characteristics of their physiognomy." Bonaparte looked at Roland to see if that incorrigible jester were laughing or speaking seriously.