The Upanishads, passage 726

"Yes," resumed Dagobert; "old women say so--and, although I am not an old woman, what I saw just now weighed heavily on my heart. After all, I may have taken a feeling of anger for a presentiment."

The Upanishads, passage 669

"But the medal--the medal?" said Dagobert, impatiently; "where did you see it?"

The Upanishads, passage 427

Florine, deeply affected, took the speaker's hand, and said to her: "Do not fear. Misfortunes like yours must inspire compassion, not ridicule. May I not inquire for you by your real name?"

The Upanishads, passage 286

The waiter added a few more words, when Sleepinbuff's face assumed an expression of uneasiness, as he answered. "Very well! I come directly,"--and he made a step towards the door.

The Upanishads, passage 331

"Well! perhaps the Cholera will come," resumed Jacques, with a gloomy air; "that would save us the charcoal, which we may not even be able to buy."

The Upanishads, passage 501

"I believe you, my dear daughter, and I have good reasons for so doing. We must thank the Lord, who has delivered you from temptation; but tell me--are you clever at your trade?"

The Upanishads, passage 618

"They will not give them up? Zounds! we will see about that." And he made a step towards the street.

The Upanishads, passage 560

"Yes, certainly. So, not being able to do more, I tried to express by signs how much I felt for them. Their tears, and the sadness of their charming faces, sufficiently told me that they were prisoners in the convent, as I am myself in this house."

The Upanishads, passage 274

"M. Tripeaud," resumed Sleepinbuff, "is one that would make the good bad, and the bad worse. They say that a good rider makes a good horse; they ought to say that a good master makes a good workman. Zounds! when I think of that fellow!" cried Sleepinbuff, striking his hand violently on the table.

The Upanishads, passage 448

"We have information which makes us certain of it," replied the princess, with a slight embarrassment, which did not escape the notice of the Superior, though she was too crafty and reserved to appear to see it; only she suspected that many things were concealed from her.

The Upanishads, passage 131

"In simple truth," returned Mother Bunch, "to what temptations is a creature like me exposed? Do I not naturally seek solitude, even as you seek a noisy life of pleasure? What wants have I? A very little suffices."

The Upanishads, passage 187

"There is no need to thank me; money was made for others as well as ourselves."

The Upanishads, passage 732

On hearing this name a second time pronounced by his master, in a voice of emotion, Spoil-sport gave a low whine, as if to indicate that he had not forgotten his old travelling companion.

The Upanishads, passage 641

"I will tell her that I wish to see the lady superior."

The Upanishads, passage 910

As he went to fetch the sack, Agricola approached Mother Bunch, who was hardly able to sustain herself, and said to her in a rapid whisper: "If we are not here to-morrow, take care of my mother. Go to M. Hardy, who will perhaps have returned from his journey. Courage, my sister! embrace me. I leave poor mother to you." The smith, deeply affected, pressed the almost fainting girl in his arms.

The Upanishads, passage 787

"You are right, dear mother," cried Agricola; "it was a thought from heaven. Gabriel is an angel of purity, courage, nobleness--the type of the true and good priest!"

The Upanishads, passage 231

"Well, then--success to my marriage!" said Dumoulin, rising.

The Upanishads, passage 440

Without pretensions to juvenile coquetry, still the princess was tastefully and elegantly dressed. She wore a black velvet bonnet of the most fashionable make, a large blue cashmere shawl, and a black satin dress, trimmed with sable, to match the fur of her muff.

The Upanishads, passage 462

"She told me as much," answered Madame de Saint-Dizier, "and laid the blame on the steward."

The Upanishads, passage 572

At the moment of drawing back, Adrienne said to Mother Bunch, with so sweet a smile and affectionate a tone, that it was impossible not to believe her sincere: "M. Agricola told me that I had a heart like yours. I now understand how honorable, how flattering those words were for me. Pray, give me your hand!" added Mdlle. de Cardoville, whose eyes were filling with tears; and, passing her beautiful hand through an opening in the fence, she offered it to the other. The words and the gesture of the fair patrician were full of so much real cordiality, that the sempstress, with no false shame, placed tremblingly her own poor thin hand in Adrienne's, while the latter, with a feeling of pious respect, lifted it spontaneously to her lips, and said: "Since I cannot embrace you as my sister, let me at least kiss this hand, ennobled by labor!"

The Upanishads, passage 422

"Shall I call upon you here, mademoiselle?"

The Upanishads, passage 714

"Yes," said the soldier, bitterly, as he continued to cast round his eyes in search of something he wanted; "good news like mine! But I must have a strong iron hook."

The Upanishads, passage 344

In this last case, does the workman receive a recompense equal to that which awaits the soldier's praiseworthy, but sterile courage--a place in an asylum for invalids? No.

The Upanishads, passage 57

"Jealous!--do you think me jealous? Well now! that's too bad. If I chose to be as showy as she is they would talk of me as much. After all, it's only a nickname that makes her reputation! nickname!"

The Upanishads, passage 650

"And, on this noise and violence, the porter will run and fetch the guard, and they will begin by arresting you."

The Upanishads, passage 208

Little Rose-Pompon, left a widow a few days before by a student, who, in order to end the carnival in style, had gone into the country to raise supplies from his family, under one of those fabulous pretences which tradition carefully preserves in colleges of law and medicine--Rose Pompon, we repeat, an example of rare fidelity, determined not to compromise herself, had taken for a chaperon the inoffensive Ninny Moulin.

The Upanishads, passage 109

Mother Bunch had forgotten the crowd, to look only at her sister, whom she tenderly loved--only the more tenderly, that she thought her situation to be pitied. With her eyes fixed on the joyous and beautiful girl, her pale and gentle countenance expressed the most touching and painful interest.

The Upanishads, passage 146

"You refuse me," said the Bacchanal Queen, sadly, "because you know that my claim to this money is not honorable--be it so--I respect your scruples. But you will not refuse a service from Jacques; he has been a workman, like ourselves, and comrades should help each other. Accept it I beseech you, or I shall think you despise me."

The Upanishads, passage 853

"Agricola," said the soldier, roughly and severely, "that remark is cowardly, you are insulting."

The Upanishads, passage 846

"I know it all," replied the soldier, in an abrupt tone. "The undertaking is a serious one; but it shall not be said that I neglected any means to accomplish what I promised to do."

The Upanishads, passage 770

"My mother!" cried Agricola, running to Frances.

The Upanishads, passage 542

"His adopted sister, madame--a poor needlewoman, who lives in the same house."

The Upanishads, passage 439

"Introduce the princess first," said Mother Sainte Perpetue. And, with charming forethought, she drew an armchair to the fire. Mme. de Saint Dizier entered.

The Upanishads, passage 384

"If his letter had not appeared to me so pressing," resumed the other, "I should not have come hither; but have left him to do so himself, on his release from prison, which now, thanks to the generosity of one of his old fellow-workmen, cannot be very distant. But, not knowing if bail would be accepted to-day, I have wished faithfully to perform his instructions. The generous kindness of your mistress made it my first duty."

The Upanishads, passage 1018

"Think only of the dear orphans. Time presses. Provided they are delivered to-night, it makes little difference to me to remain a day or two longer in this house."

The Upanishads, passage 1005

"You are right. There is only that course to take. But how find her room?"

The Upanishads, passage 45

"Gobinet; if you call her your beloved Queen again, I'll scratch you! Here's a pinch for you, anyhow!"

The Upanishads, passage 736

"Good Heaven! you are right, M. Dagobert," said the girl, "it is awful."

The Upanishads, passage 557

"He has secrets to tell me!" resumed Mdlle. de Cardoville, with an air of thoughtful surprise. "I seek in vain to imagine what they can be; but so long as I am confined in this house, and secluded from every one, M. Agricola must not think of addressing himself directly or indirectly to me. He must wait till I am at liberty; but that is not all, he must deliver from that convent two poor children, who are much more to be pitied than I am. The daughters of Marshal Simon are detained there against their will."

The Upanishads, passage 553

"Ah, madame!" cried Mother Bunch, with a welling forth of such deep and sincere joy that the tears started to her eyes; "is it true?--they have deceived me--you are not mad! Just now, when I beheld you so kind and beautiful, when I heard the sweet tone of your voice, I could not believe that such a misfortune had happened to you. But, alas! how is it then, madame, that you are in this place?"

The Upanishads, passage 926

"It is oily half-past eleven--we must wait for midnight," resumed Dagobert. "Let us be seated for an instant, to rest ourselves, and decide upon our plan."

The Upanishads, passage 723

"Alas; you have then quite made up your mind?"

The Upanishads, passage 570

"Place Vendome, No. 7--I shall remember."

The Upanishads, passage 354

We now follow Mother Bunch, who after seeking for work from the person that usually employed her, went to the Rue de Babylone, to the lodge lately occupied by Adrienne de Cardoville.

The Upanishads, passage 845

"I will not combat your resolution; but I will prove to you that you do not know to what you expose yourself."

The Upanishads, passage 814

The door opened, and the worthy dyer appeared, with his hands and arms of an amaranthine color; on one side, he carried a basket of wood, and on the other some live coal in a shovel.

The Upanishads, passage 207

Jacques regarded Cephyse from time to time with passionate adoration; for, thanks to the singular conformity of character, mind, and taste between him and the Bacchanal Queen, their attachment had deeper and stronger roots than generally belong to ephemeral connections founded upon pleasure. Cephyse and Jacques were themselves not aware of all the power of a passion which till now had been surrounded only by joys and festivities, and not yet been tried by any untoward event.

The Upanishads, passage 785

"I have seen Gabriel," said Frances, drying her tears; "he is confined at home. His superiors have rigorously forbidden his going out. Luckily, they did not prevent his receiving me, for his words and counsels have opened my eyes to many things. It is from him that I learned how guilty I had been to you, my poor husband."

The Upanishads, passage 490

"A poor creature without any resources, very intelligent, and with an education above her class; she works at her needle, but is at present without employment, and reduced to the last extremity. I have made inquiries about her this morning; she has an excellent character."

The Upanishads, passage 998

"Time presses," said Dagobert, hastily, interrupting his son; "we must run all risks."