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The Grey Cloak

CHAPTER XII
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I was fishing for those yellow perch by the poplars, and you were baiting my hooks." "Was I, Monsieur ?" joyfully.

"My mother used to tell me that it was a sign of good luck to dream of fishing.

Was the water clear ?" "As clear as Monsieur le Cure's emerald.

Do you remember how he used to twist it round and round when he visited the chateau?
It was a fine ring.

The Duchesse d'Aiguillon gave it to him, so he used to tell us.
'Twas she who founded the Hotel Dieu at Quebec, where we are going." "Yes; and in the month of May, which is but a few days off, we used to ride into Cevennes to the mines of porphyry and marbles which.


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