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Penguin Island

BOOK V
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Help us to overthrow it; we will supply you with the means so far as we are able, and you can in addition count on our gratitude." "Fork out the tin," said Dagobert.
The Reverend Father placed on the table a bag which the distiller of Conils had given him with tears in his eyes.
"Done!" said the three companions.
Thus was the solemn compact sealed.
As soon as the monk had departed, carrying with him the joy of having won over the masses to his cause, Dagobert, Tronc, and Balafille whistled to their wives, Amelia, Queenie, and Matilda, who were waiting in the street for the signal, and all six holding each other's hands, danced around the bag, singing: J'ai du bon pognon, Tu n'l'auras pas Chatillon! Hou! Hou! la calotte! And they ordered a salad-bowl full of warm wine.
In the evening all six went through the street from stall to stall singing their new song.

The song became popular, for the detectives reported that every day showed an increase of the number of workpeople who sang through the slums: J'ai du bon pognon; Tu n'l'auras pas Chatillon! Hou! Hou! la calotte! The Dracophil agitation made no progress in the provinces.

The pious Agaric sought to find the cause of this, but was unable to discover it until old Cornemuse revealed it to him.
"I have proofs," sighed the monk of Conils, "that the Duke of Ampoule, the treasurer of the Dracophils, has brought property in Porpoisia with the funds that he received for the propaganda." The party wanted money.

Prince des Boscenos had lost his portfolio in a brawl and he was reduced to painful expedients which were repugnant to his impetuous character.

The Viscountess Olive was expensive.


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