So they starve and languish and fall sick, as did this young man's wife.

But in my native Burgundy--blessed be its name!--and also in the country of Doubs, salt is cheap enough.

Now this young man dwelt close on the frontier of Burgundy--I have seen him times and again at the vintage work--and because he was very fond of his wife, and could not bear to see her die, he ventured across the frontier to buy salt cheaply; and, being taken, he has been condemned to the galleys for six years.

In the meantime his wife will perish.
But the King's taxes must be paid.

Else how shall we exterminate his enemies ?" "But," Tristram exclaimed, trembling with indignation, "how can you be cheerful in this fearful land ?" "What! I?
Well, I am cheerful, to begin with, because my nose is not slit." "That appears to me a very slight reason." "You would not say so if you had run so near it as I." "Are you a deserter, then ?" "Thanks for your good opinion, comrade! No.