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"Pendu" he said. Yes, I agreed. PON DIEU HE SAID YES I AGREED
e future. When I had finished speaking of the future, he raised a knobbed stick that he carried, up to the level of his throat, surely his son's old trench stick, and there he let it dangle from a piece of string in the handle, which he held against his neck. He watched me shrewdly and attentively meanwhile, for I was a stranger and was to be taught something I might not know--a thing that it was necessary for all men to learn. "Le Kaiser," he said. "Yes;" I said, "the Kaiser." But I pronounced the word Kaiser differently from him, and he repeated again "Le Kaiser," and watched me closely to be sure that I understood. And then he said "Pendu," and made the stick quiver a little as it dangled from its string. "Oui," I said, "Pendu." Did I understand? He was not yet quite sure. It was important that this thing should be quite decided between us as we stood on this road through what had been Croisilles, where he had lived through many sunny years and I had dwelt for a season amongst rats. AD GONE AWAY HE HAD ONLY ONE HOPE FROM THE FUTURE WHEN I HAD FINISHED SPEAKING OF THE FUTURE HE RAISED THE KNOBBED STICK THAT HE CARRIED UP TO THE LEVEL OF HIS THROAT SURELY HIS SON'S OLD TRENCH STICK AND THERE HE LET IT DANGLE FROM A PIECE OF STRING IN THE HANDLE WHICH HE HELD AGAINST HIS NECK HE WATCHED ME SHREWDLY AND ATTENTIVELY MEANWHILE FOR I WAS A STRANGER AND WAS TO BE TAUGHT SOMETHING I MIGHT NOT KNOW A THING THAT IT WAS NECESSARY FOR ALL MEN TO LEARN THE KAISER HE SAID YES I SAID THE KAISER BUT I PRONOUNCED THE WORD KAISER DIFFERENTLY FROM HIM AND HE REPEATED AGAIN LACKAISER AND WATCHED ME CLOSELY TO BE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD AND THEN HE SAID PON DIEU AND MADE THE STICK QUIVER A LITTLE AS IT DANGLED FROM ITS STRING WE I SAID PON DIEU DID I UNDERSTAND HE WAS NOT QUITE SURE IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THIS THING SHOULD BE QUITE DECIDED BETWEEN US AS WE STOOD ON THIS ROAD THROUGH WHAT HAD BEEN QUASIA WHERE HE HAD LIVED THROUGH MANY SUNNY YEARS AND I HAD DWELT FOR A SEASON AMONGST RATS
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