The Man-Wolf and Other Tales by Erckmann-Chatrian
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"In the first place let us do things in order. Tell me who you are." "Who I am? What! don't you remember Gideon Sperver, the Schwartzwald huntsman? You would not be so ungrateful, would you? Was it not I who taught you to set a trap, to lay wait for the foxes along the skirts of the woods, to start the dogs after the wild birds? Do you remember me now? Look at my left ear, with a frost-bite." "Now I know you; that left ear of yours has done it; Shake hands." Sperver, passing the back of his hand across his eyes, went on-- "You know Nideck?" "Of course I do--by reputation; what have you to do there?" "I am the count's chief huntsman." "And who has sent you?" "The young Countess Odile." "Very good. How soon are we to start?" "This moment. The matter is urgent; the old count is very ill, and his daughter has begged me not to lose a moment. The horses are quite ready." "But, Gideon, my dear fellow, just look out at the weather; it has been snowing three days without cessation." |
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