[See [p. 401]. From the Paris edition of the Souvenirs, vol. vi., 1855.]
These three days of hospitable entertainment left such a pleasant recollection in my memory as will easily account for the different episodes I shall have to relate concerning that adorable princess and the other members of her family.
[See [p. 472]. From the Paris edition of the Souvenirs, vol. vii., 1855.]
But my reader will not lose anything thereby, for I know these lines by heart and I will repeat them—
"Ce vieillard m'a maudit!"
This is the second time that Triboulet repeats this hemistich. You see clearly that Victor Hugo was undoubtedly right.
"Pendant qu'il me parlait,
Pendant qu'il me criait: Oh! sois maudit, valet!
Je raillais sa douleur! Oh! oui, j'étais infâme!
Je riais, mais j'avais l'épouvante dans l'âme.
Maudit!"