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The Grey Cloak

CHAPTER V
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"There remains only to teach them how to speak and pray like Frenchmen." "And he will be quiet and docile ?" ventured the inn-keeper, who still entertained some doubts.
"If no one offers him an indignity.

The Iroquois is a proud man.

But I see Monsieur Nicot calling to you; Monsieur Nicot, whose ancestor, God bless him! introduced this weed into France;" and Du Puys refilled his pipe, applied an ember, took off his faded baldric and rapier, and reclined full length on the bench.

Maitre le Borgne hurried away to attend to the wants of Monsieur Nicot.

Presently the soldier said: "Shall we sail to-morrow, Master Mariner ?" "As the weather wills." Bouchard bent toward the fire and with the aid of a pair of tongs drew forth the end of a broken spit, white with heat.


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