sick woman might feed on it to build her up!” And he whined and
sniveled, thumping himself on the chest and calling God to witness he
was an honest man; he would cut off his right hand rather than sell
bad meat. For more than thirty years he had been known throughout the
neighborhood, and not a living soul could say he had ever been wronged
in weight or quality. “They were as sound as a dollar, sir, and if
your men had the belly-ache it was because they ate too much–unless
some villain hocussed the pot–”
And so he ran on, with such a flux of words and absurd theories that
finally the captain, his patience exhausted, cut him short.
“Enough! You have had your warning; see you profit by it! And there is
another matter: we have our suspicions that all you people of this
village give aid and comfort to the francs-tireurs of the wood of
Dieulet, who killed another of our sentries day before yesterday. Mind
what I say; be careful!”
When the Prussians were gone Father Fouchard shrugged his shoulders
with a contemptuous sneer. Why, yes, of course he sold them carcasses
that had never been near the slaughter house; that was all they would
ever get to eat from him. If a peasant had a cow die on his hands of
the rinderpest, or if he found a dead ox lying in the ditch, was not
the carrion good enough for those dirty Prussians? To say nothing of
the pleasure there was in getting a big price out of them for tainted
meat at which a dog would turn up his nose. He turned and winked slyly
at Henriette, who was glad to have her fears dispelled, muttering
triumphantly:
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