Penny Blood Serial Cover — page 78: what you’re looking at

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70 ALFRED DE ROSANN. “And that fat old fellow??? continued Felicité, al- luding to Champignon. “For making pies of dead bodies.’’ - «Good God! with what a set of villains you are obliged to associate, dear uncle.—But what can I do for you? I’m sure if mother were here, she’d endea- vour to make you comfortable; and those nasty beans, and that cold water and sour bread, are not good for a person condemned to walk all day long in chains.”’ “Kind creature! I want for nothing.”’ “A glass of wine?”’ : ‘“ O no—lI seldom touch anything strong; my ha- bits are naturally temperate.” “A single glass—merely to recruit your spirits,” persisted the girl tenderly. ‘ Well—one glass, then—but only one.”’ Felicité was about to disappear, to seek.the lower. regions of the house (or in other words the cellar), when Belle-Rose called her back. ‘¢ My love—for whom are those roasted fow!s?’’ ‘¢O we shall keep them till they’re cold, for any one who happens to drop in during the day, to takea hasty morsel.”’ “ Alas! ’tis a long time since I tasted meat; and for a whole fortnight I have eaten nothing at all,’’ said the convict mournfully. ‘Will you have those fowls? for I’m certain that if mother were here, she would willingly give them to you; and at her return from market, she’ll applaud me for what I am doing.”’ “Since you offer so kindly, 1 must e’en accept them,’’ said Belle-Rose, a smile of triumph playing upon his lips. “ But, stay, my love: do you wrap them up in paper, and I’ll consign them to my pock- ets on the sly; for the Gendarmes must not be allowed to catch a glimpse of our motions.”’ ‘““'They are very severe, then?”’ “‘ Yes—in the town they are obliged to be so: when no stranger’s eyes are upon us, we may do as we like.”? CONNIE OOOKS.COn