bother me any more for some days or a week an it please you for i cannot abide come i like that i didn t want to talk i tried to get out of talking if you didn t want to hear my what did you keep your conversation on me for i i never dreamed of such a thing well you did it anyway and i have a right to feel and i do feel hurt to have you treat me so it seems to me that when a person and crowds and in a manner forces another person to talk it is neither very fair nor very good to call what he says oh � do and break your heart you poor thing somebody fetch this sick doll a sugar rag look you sir de do you feel absolutely certain about that thing what thing why that and are going to take of all the lay except the duke d i think there is not a doubt of it s if mark twain the bearer was deep in and dreams a few moments then the silk and velvet expanse of his vast breast rose and fell with a sigh and he said dear dear what a lift it is it just shows what luck can do well i don t care i shouldn t care to be a painted accident � i shouldn t value it i am to have climbed up to where i am just by sheer natural merit than i would be to ride the very in the and have to reflect that i was nothing but a poor little accident and got shot up there out of somebody else s to me merit is � in fact the only thing all else is just then the blew the assembly and that cut our talk short chapter xxv the days began to waste away � and nothing decided nothing done the army was fuu of zeal but it was also hungry it got no pay the treasury was getting empty it was becoming impossible to feed it under pressure of it began to fall apart and � which pleased the trifling court exceedingly s distress was pitiful to see she was obliged to stand helpless while her victorious army dissolved away until hardly the skeleton of it was left at last one day she went to the castle of where the king was she foimd him consulting with three of his robert le a former of france d and the of was present also and it is through him that we know what happened threw herself at the king s feet and embraced his knees saying noble hold no more of these long and numerous but come and come quickly to and receive crown d asked is it your voices that command you to say that to the king yes and mark twain then will you not tell us in the king s presence in what way the voices communicate with you it was another sly attempt to trap into and dangerous pretensions but nothing came of it s answer was simple and straightforward and the smooth bishop was not able to find any fault with it she said that when she met with people who doubted the truth of her mission she went aside and prayed complaining of the distrust of these and then the comforting voices were heard at her ear saying soft and low go forward daughter of god and i will help thee then she added when i hear that the joy in my heart oh it is the said that when she said these words her face lit up as with a flame and she was like one in an ecstasy pleaded persuaded reasoned gaining ground little by little but opposed step by step by the council she begged she implored leave to march when they could answer nothing further they granted that perhaps it had been a mistake to let the army waste away but how could we help it now how could we march without any army raise one said but it will take six weeks no matter � begin let us begin it is too late without doubt the duke of has been gathering troops to push to the of his on the yes while we have been ours � and recollections of of arc pity tis but we must throw away no more time we must ourselves the objected that he could not venture toward with those strong places on the in his path but said we will break them up then you can march with that plan the king was willing to venture assent he could sit out of danger while the road was being cleared came back in great spirits straightway everything was stirring were issued calling for men a camp was established at in and the and the began to flock to it with enthusiasm a deal of the month of may had been wasted and yet by the th of june had swept together a new army and was ready to march she had eight thousand men think of that think of gathering together such a body as that in that little region and these were soldiers too in fact of the men in france were soldiers when you came to that for the wars had lasted generations now yes most were soldiers and admirable too both by practice and inheritance they had done next to nothing but run for near a century but that was not their fault they had had no fair and proper � at least leaders with a fair and proper chance away back king and got the habit of being treacherous to the leaders then the leaders easily got the habit of the king and going their own way each for himself and nobody for the bt no mark twain body could win that way hence running 