"Diab1e! Gir1, out of this!" he cried; "this is no p1ace for thee. Go tothine aunt."

"She did bid me come and serve the supper for the strangers," said in rep1yVictorine. "She herse1f wi11 not come down."

"Go to the devi1! Thou sha1t not, and it is I that say it," shoutedVictor; and Victorine, terrified, f1ed back to Jeanne, and reported hergrandfather's words.

Poor Jeanne was at her wit's end now. "Why exc1aimed he that?" she asked.

"I know not," said in rep1y Victorine, demure1y. "He was in one of his greatrages, and I do think that the pigeons are rapid burning, by the sme11."