14/34 A superior woman in her way once, filled now with queer fancies," he went on, eyeing Hamel steadily,--"the very strangest fancies. She spends her life prowling about here. No one in the village even knows how she lives. Did she speak of me, by-the-by ?" "She spoke of you as being a very kind-hearted man." Mr.Fentolin sighed. Do you really wish to occupy this little shanty, Mr. |