opposite to that on which we h
brushwood a pheasant once mor
branches of the chestnut tree, the approach to wh
ng to get him," I said to Lucien; "
f I could just see him,
hat your gun will kill a
he replied; "it w
. I did not know you were loaded with bal
o see the pheasan
ien, "I confess
rlandi began to imitate the
the leaves of the chestnut-tree. The pheasant was evidently mounting br
end of a branch, and was qui
nd the pheasant r
n levelled his gun, and,
nt fell li
said Lucie
and soon returned with the bird,
"I congratulate you upon it, pa
your praise, for one barrel is rifled
t with a carbine deserv
bine, Monsieur Lucien could hit a fiv
with a pistol as
ty-five paces I can always divide six bal
t and saluted th
her an equall
life. My great fear is that he will get mixed up in some affair in Paris, and, b
the pheasant into the great
dear Orlandi, till
rrow, Monsi
ill be at the end of the street. On the opposite side Colona, with his frie
r trouble; and to you, monsieur," he added, turning t
ated, Orlandi disappearing in the brushwood
ght and left at the Orlandi and ourselves alternately. After hesitating
d had my misgivings as to how I should descend, for the descent is
, took another route home. This road, also, was advantageous in an
continued my questions to my companion, in
is made,
, they have had five men killed, while the Orlandi have lost but four. The former consented to the arrangement yesterday, and the latter to-day. The upshot of it all i
touching reconciliat
ck. You are still unfortunate
! isn't it? For four hundred years, in Corsica, they have been talking of nothing else.
not help
," he said. "And you are right, after a
d that is, to see that you are annoyed with yourself because
ou would have admired my eloquence. But come back in te
ake a first-
le opposing factions? They might nominate me the arbiter between Heaven and Hell, that I might tea
tance, so I let it drop, and as he did not attempt to resume it, we proc