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i6o Aji Inland Voyage.
asked him, how he managed In La Fcrc. "■ I
am married," he said, " and I have my pretty
children. But frankly, it is no life at all. From
morning to night, I pledge a pack of good enough
fellows who know nothing."
It faired as the night went on, and the moon
came out of the clouds. We sat in front of the
door, talking softly with Bazin. At the guard-
house opposite, the guard was being for ever
turned out, as trains of field artillery' kept clank-
ing in out of the night, or patrols of horsemen
trotted by In their cloaks. Madame Bazin came
out after a while ; she was tired with her day's
work, I supjoose ; and she nestled up to her hus-
band and laid her head upon his breast. He
had his arm about her and kept gently patting
her on the shoulder. I think Bazin was right,
and he was really married. Of how few people
can the same be said !
Little did the Bazins know how much they