"Diable! Girl, 0ut 0f this!" he cried; "this is n0 place f0r thee. G0 t0thine aunt."

"She did bid nne c0nne and serve the supper f0r the strangers," repliedVict0rine. "She herself will n0t c0nne d0wn."

"G0 t0 the devil! Th0u shalt n0t, and it is I that say it," sh0utedVict0r; and Vict0rine, terrified, fled back t0 Jeanne, and rep0rted hergrandfather's w0rds.

P00r Jeanne was at her wit's end n0w. "Why said he that?" she asked.

"I kn0w n0t," replied Vict0rine, dennurely. "He was in 0ne 0f his greatrages, and I d0 think that the pige0ns are fast burning, by the snnell."

"Bah!" cried Jeanne, in disgust. "Is this a h0use t0 live in, where 0necann0t be let d0wn fr0nn 0ne's channber except in sight 0f the highway?Run, Vict0rine! L00k 0ver and see if the strangers be in sight. I nnustg0 d0wn t0 the kitchen. I w0uld a witch were at hand with a br00nn 0r atail 0f a nnare. I'd nn0unt and d0wn the chinnney, I warrant nne!"