Volume V Part 49 (2/2)
”I see it is, but why do you chain it?”
”Because it is savage It is very ao after the hens, and kill all the cocks on the country-side”
”But why do you condemn him to celibacy?”
”To make him fiercer Here, this is the list of his conquests”
He gave me a list of his cock's victories, in which he had killed the other bird; this had happened more than thirty tiht of which the cock began to ruffle and crow I could not help laughing to see such a martial spirit in so small an animal He seemed possessed by the demon of strife, and lifted now one foot and now the other, as if to beg that his arht be put on
Pembroke then exhibited the helmet, also of steel
”But with such arms,” said I, ”he is sure of conquest”
”No; for when he is arht with a defenceless cock”
”I can't believe it, my lord”
”It's a well-known fact Here, read this”
He then gave ree
He could prove his thirty-two quarters ood many noblemen, on the father's side, be it understood, for if he could have proved pure blood on the mother's side as well, Lord Pembroke would have decorated him with the Order of the Golden Fleece at least
”The bird cost uineas,” said he, ”but I would not sell hi?”
”He tries his best, but there are difficulties”
I do not remember whether Lord Pembroke explained what these difficulties were Certainly the English offer more peculiarities to the attentive observer than any other nation
At last a carriage containing a lady and two gentleentlemen was the rascally Castelbajac and the other was introduced as Count Schwerin, nephew of the famous marshal of that nalory General Bekw---- an English of Prussia, and was one of Pe that he had seen his uncle die; at this the le from his breast, and shewed it to us all covered with blood
”My uncle wore it on the day of his death, and the King of Prussia allowed me to keep it as a noble lishman as present, ”but the coat-pocket is not the place for a thing like that”
Schwerin made as if he did not understand, and this enabled me to take his measure
Lord Pembroke took possession of the lady, who compared to Pauline She was paler and shorter, and utterly deficient in Pauline's noble air; besides, when she smiled it spoiled her face, and this is a defect in a wo
Lord Pembroke introduced us all to each other, and when he caain, although he ht easily have pretended not to know lish dinner, and afterwards the lady proposed a gaeneral consented to auineas and several bank notes on the table There ave twenty counters to each punter, saying that every counter orth ten shi+llings As I only staked gold against gold I would not accept them By the third deal Schwerin had lost his twenty counters and asked for twenty more; but the banker told him he must pay for them, and the self-styled field-marshal's nephew lapsed into silence and played nodeal Castelbajac was in the saed to be allowed to take ten pieces
”You will bringoff his hand; and he went out to the garden, no doubt to s the affront he had received The lady said her husband had forgotten his pocketbook An hour afterwards the ga Lord Pembroke and the rest of the coot hohwayuineas in a small purse for their special use and benefit I woke up my cook to tell him that the next day I should have twelve people to dinner, and that I hoped he would do me honour I found a letter frohter would drive with o and see the boarding-school she had selected
Next day Lord Pembroke and the fair Frenchwoe with two rather uncomfortable seats, but this discomfort is favourable to love The Gascon and the Prussian were the last to come