...laquclle le vent a fait du mal." This was the coup de grace to all the decorum ; every Frenchman abandoned himself to his laughter, till the room fairly shook -with their shouts, and even the commandant himself could not help joining them. " Allow me, sir," said a gentleman whom I had not previously...

...shouts, and even the commandant himself could not help joining them. " Allow me, sir," said a gentleman whom I had not previously observed " My dear sir,"...this gentleman," pointing to the commandant, " that hie father is the father of the whole town, that he is made of stone, but has a wooden head ; and at...

...laquelle le vent a fait du mal !" This was the coup de gract to all decorum ; every Frenchman abandoned himself to his laughter, till the room fairly shook...side of the Irish lady, and whom I had not previously obrerved — 'My dear sir,' interrupted I, 'you are an Englishman, pray, pray explain.' 'Sir,' he replied,...