[Roger Ingleton, Minor by Talbot Baines Reed]@TWC D-Link bookRoger Ingleton, Minor CHAPTER TWENTY SIX 14/16
He is to the _pauvre pere_ a son, and to the _petite Francoise_--_ah! quelle est morte_!" "What was the name of your father ?" demanded Roger, his hand tightening on Rosalind's as he spoke. "Ah, Monsieur! a poor name; he is called like me, Gustav Callot." The poor valet was thunderstruck by the sensation which his simple words caused.
Surely the English gentlemen and ladies are beautiful listeners; no one ever paid him so much attention in his own country. The American mayor took up the examination. "I reckon," drawled he, "that young man did not go by the name of Armstrong when you knew him." "Ah, no! He has many names, my good, kind friend.
It was Monsieur Rogers when we knew his finest.
Ah! he act the comedy beautiful! Then when to came to cherish the _pauvre pere_ in Paris, and mourn with him the death of _la petite Francoise_, he call himself by our poor name. Ah! gentlemen, he was good to us.
All he save at `L'Hotel Soult' he share with us--and _apres_ from the sea he even send us pay." "What was his ship, do you remember ?" "Shall I forget? He told us it had but one eye, and called itself `Cyclops' Ah! _mes amis_," continued Gustav, delighted with his audience and amazed at his own oratorical gifts, "he was much changed when I saw him next.
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