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BOOK II GRATITUDE AND DESPOTISM I JOY SURROUNDED BY TORTURES Mess Lethierry pulled the bell furiously , then stopped abruptly . A man had just turned the corner of the quay . It was Gilliatt . Lethierry ran towards him , or rather flung himself upon him ; seized his hand between his own , and looked him in the face for a moment , silent . It was the silence of an explosion struggling to find an issue . Then pulling and shaking him with violence , and squeezing him in his arms , he compelled him to enter the lower room of the Bravées , pushed back with his heel the door which had remained half opened , sat down , or sank into a chair beside a great table lighted by the moon , the reflection of which gave a vague pallor to Gilliatt’s face , and with a voice of intermingled laughter and tears , cried : “ Ah ! my son ; my player of the bagpipe ! I knew well that it was you . The sloop , parbleu ! Tell me the story . You went there , then . Why , they would have burnt you a hundred years ago ! It is magic ! There isn’t a screw missing . I have looked at everything already , recognised everything , handled everything . I guessed that the paddles were in the two cases . And here you are once more ! I have been looking for you in the little cabin . I rang the bell . I was seeking for you . I said to myself , ‘ Where is he , that I may devour him ? ’ You must admit that wonderful things do come to pass . He has brought back life to me . Tonnerre ! you are an angel ! Yes , yes ; it is my engine . Nobody will believe it ; people will see it , and say , ‘ It can’t be true . ’ Not a tap , not a pin missing . The feed - pipe has never budged an inch . It is incredible that there should have been no more damage . We have only to put a little oil . But how did you accomplish it ? To think that the Durande will be moving again . The axle of the wheels must have been taken to pieces by some watchmaker . Give me your word that I am not crazy . ” He sprang to his feet , breathed a moment , and continued :
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