The Grandissimes by George Washington Cable

Author:George Washington Cable
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“Dé zabs,dé zabs, dé counou ouaïe ouaïe,

Dé zabs, dé zabs, dé counou ouaïe ouaïe,

Counou ouaïe ouaïe ouaïe ouaïe,

Counou ouaïe ouaïe ouaïe ouaïe,

Counou ouaïe ouaïe ouaïe, momza,

Momza, momza, momza, momza,

Roza roza, roza-et—momza.”

This was followed by another and still another, until the hour began to grow late. And then they gathered closer round him and heard the promised story. At the same hour, Honoré Grandissime, wrapping himself in a great-coat and giving himself up to sad and somewhat bitter reflections, had wandered from the paternal house, and by and by from the grounds, not knowing why or whither, but after a time soliciting, at Frowenfeld’s closing door, the favor of his company. He had been feeling a kind of suffocation. This it was that made him seek and prize the presence and hand-grasp of the inexperienced apothecary. He led him out to the edge of the river. Here they sat down, and with a laborious attempt at a hard and jesting mood, Honoré told the same dark story.

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