But, thank God, you know me! It seems that I make you laugh while you make me weep! Well, I am glad of it.

Yes, my noble adventure in the forest has had a sequel, and a sequel with which I might very well have dispensed.

All the misfortunes which you felt were threatening me have actually happened to me; rest easy, therefore.
The day following this fatal day, I began by re-conquering the esteem of my hosts at the mill, by relating to them good-naturedly the most piquant episodes of my famous race.

I saw them beaming as they heard the narrative; the woman in particular was writhing in atrocious convulsions, and with formidable stretches of her jaws.

I have never seen anything so hideous, in all my life, as this coarse, cowherd's joy! As a testimonial of the complete restoration of his sympathy, the miller asked me if I was fond of hunting, took down from a hook over his mantelpiece a long, rusty tube, that made me think of Leather Stocking's rifle, and laid it into my hands, while boasting of the murderous qualities of that instrument.