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a splendid reply said napoleon
prince andrew who had also been brought forward before the emperor's eyes to complete the show of prisoners could not fail to attract his attention
his face shone with self satisfaction and pleasure
the soldiers who had carried prince andrew had noticed and taken the little gold icon princess mary had hung round her brother's neck but seeing the favor the emperor showed the prisoners they now hastened to return the holy image
prince andrew did not see how and by whom it was replaced but the little icon with its thin gold chain suddenly appeared upon his chest outside his uniform
how good it would be to know where to seek for help in this life and what to expect after it beyond the grave
how happy and calm i should be if i could now say lord have mercy on me
either to a power indefinable incomprehensible which i not only cannot address but which i cannot even express in words the great all or nothing said he to himself or to that god who has been sewn into this amulet by mary
the stretchers moved on
the quiet home life and peaceful happiness of bald hills presented itself to him
he is a nervous bilious subject said larrey and will not recover
that too sir you will of course undertake
then something has happened he has some special information some great news
when block appeared it was evident that something had gone wrong with him
gone now just when we most want him never
idiot triple idiot
you shall be dismissed discharged from this hour you are a disgrace to the force
it is that or your great gluttony
my gentleman made himself most pleasant
well at any rate for my sins i accepted
we entered the first restaurant that of the reunited friends you know it perhaps monsieur
i had no fear of him not till the very last when he played me this evil turn
i suspected nothing when he brought out his pocketbook it was stuffed full monsieur i saw that and my confidence increased called for the reckoning and paid with an italian bank note
excuse me one moment pray
he went out monsieur and piff paff he was no more to be seen
why let him out of your sight
it was only now at the eleventh hour that the italian had become inculpated and the question of his possible anxiety to escape had never been considered
he left everything behind
hand it me said the chief and when it came into his hands he began to turn over the leaves hurriedly
i do not understand not more than a word here and there
it is no doubt italian
of course such a consummate ass as you have proved yourself would not think of searching the restaurant or the immediate neighbourhood or of making inquiries as to whether he had been seen or as to which way he had gone
it was a note for a hundred lire a hundred francs and the restaurant bill was no more than seventeen francs hah
he was much pressed in a great hurry
directly he crossed the threshold he called the first cab and was driving away but he was stopped the devil
he wished to pass on to leave her she would not consent then they both got into the cab and were driven away together
but this thy host so wide dispread wakes in my heart one doubt and dread lest threatening rama good and great ill thoughts thy journey stimulate
he is my eldest brother he is like a father dear to me
i go to lead my brother thence who makes the wood his residence
no thought but this thy heart should frame this simple truth my lips proclaim
as guha thus and bharat each to other spoke in friendly speech the day god sank with glory dead and night o'er all the sky was spread
soon as king guha's thoughtful care had quartered all the army there well honoured bharat laid his head beside satrughna on a bed
thus sighing and distressed in misery and bitter grief with fevered heart that mocked relief distracted in his mind the chief still mourned and found no rest
rest duteous minded i will keep my watch while rama lies asleep for in the whole wide world is none dearer to me than raghu's son
harbour no doubt or jealous fear i speak the truth with heart sincere for from the grace which he has shown will glory on my name be thrown great store of merit shall i gain and duteous form no wish in vain
let me enforced by many a row of followers armed with shaft and bow for well loved rama's weal provide who lies asleep by sita's side
with words like these i spoke designed to move the high souled bharat's mind but he upon his duty bent plied his persuasive argument o how can slumber close mine eyes when lowly couched with sita lies the royal rama
he whom no mighty demon no nor heavenly god can overthrow see guha how he lies alas with sita couched on gathered grass
now as his son is forced to fly the king ere long will surely die reft of his guardian hand forlorn in widowed grief this land will mourn
but ah for sad kausalya how fare she and mine own mother now how fares the king
with hopes upon satrughna set my mother may survive as yet but the sad queen will die who bore the hero for her grief is sore
too late the king will cry and conquered by his misery die
when fate has brought the mournful day which sees my father pass away how happy in their lives are they allowed his funeral rites to pay
thus bharat stood with many a sigh lamenting and the night went by
when guha saw the long armed chief whose eye was like a lotus leaf with lion shoulders strong and fair high mettled prostrate in despair pale bitterly afflicted he reeled as in earthquake reels a tree
kausalya by her woe oppressed the senseless bharat's limbs caressed as a fond cow in love and fear caresses oft her youngling dear then yielding to her woe she said weeping and sore disquieted what torments o my son are these of sudden pain or swift disease
the lives of us and all the line depend dear child on only thine
rama and lakshman forced to flee i live by naught but seeing thee for as the king has past away thou art my only help to day
show me the couch whereon he lay tell me the food he ate i pray
then calm and still absorbed in thought he drank the water lakshman brought and then obedient to his vows he fasted with his gentle spouse
here stands the tree which lent them shade here is the grass beneath it laid where rama and his consort spent the night together ere they went
he ceased
where where is sita
scorched by the fiery god of day high on this mighty hill i lay
each morn and eve he brought me food and filial care my life renewed
swift to the south his course he bent and cleft the yielding element
the holy spirits of the air came round me as i marvelled there and cried as their bright legions met o say is sita living yet
thus cried the saints and told the name of him who held the struggling dame
then from the flood sampati paid due offerings to his brother's shade
seven nights in deadly swoon i passed but struggling life returned at last
around i bent my wondering view but every spot was strange and new
on comrades to the cave i cried and all within the portal hied
here thou with hospitable care hast fed us with the noblest fare preserving us about to die with this thy plentiful supply
but how o pious lady say may we thy gracious boon repay
he ceased the ascetic dame replied well vanars am i satisfied
a life of holy works i lead and from your hands no service need
then spake again the vanar chief we came to thee and found relief
now listen to a new distress and aid us holy votaress
our wanderings in this vasty cave exhaust the time sugriva gave
once more then lady grant release and let thy suppliants go in peace again upon their errand sped for king sugriva's ire we dread
and the great task our sovereign set alas is unaccomplished yet
and heard his waters roar and rave terrific with each crested wave
the month is lost in toil and pain and now my friends what hopes remain
your hearts with strong affection fraught his weal in every labour sought and the true valour of your band was blazoned wide in every land
come let us all from food abstain and perish thus since hope is vain
far better thus to end our lives and leave our wealth our homes and wives leave our dear little ones and all than by his vengeful hand to fall
our forfeit lives will surely pay for idle search and long delay and our fierce king will bid us die the favour of his friend to buy
then tara softly spake to cheer the vanars hearts oppressed by fear despair no more your doubts dispel come in this ample cavern dwell
thou fondly hopest in this cave the vengeance of the foe to brave
but lakshman's arm a shower will send of deadly shafts those walls to rend
thy loving kinsman true and wise looks on thee still with favouring eyes
he heard the prince's furious tread he saw his eyes glow fiercely red
swift sprang the monarch to his feet upstarting from his golden seat
ungrateful vanar king art thou and faithless to thy plighted vow
now if thy pride disown what he high thoughted prince has done for thee struck by his arrows shalt thou fall and bali meet in yama's hall
still open to the gloomy god lies the sad path thy brother trod
then to thy plighted word be true nor let thy steps that path pursue
he ceased and tara starry eyed thus to the angry prince replied not to my lord shouldst thou address a speech so fraught with bitterness not thus reproached my lord should be and least of all o prince by thee
from paths of truth he never strays nor wanders in forbidden ways
ne'er will sugriva's heart forget by rama saved the lasting debt