the refrain was repeated he got to and sort of half sobbing and went to wiping his eyes with the sleeves of his he was so conspicuous that he embarrassed a little and also had an ill effect upon the audience with the next repetition he broke quite down and began to cry like a calf which ruined all the effect and started many in the audience to laughing then he went on from bad to worse i never saw such a spectacle for he fetched out a from under his and began to his eyes with it and let go the most infernal mixed up with and and and and and and and � and he twisted himself about on his heels and this way and that still pouring out that brutal and flourishing his in the air and again and wringing it out hear you couldn t hear yourself think was wholly drowned out and silenced and those people were laughing the very lungs out of themselves it was the most degrading sight that ever was now i heard the that plate makes when the man that is in it is running and then alongside my head there burst out the most explosion of laughter that ever rent the drum of a person s ear and i looked and it was la hire and he stood there with his on his and his head back and his jaws spread to that degree to let out his and his that it amounted to in i � mark twain decent exposure for you see everything that was in him only one thing more and worse could happen and it happened at the other door i saw the and bustle and and of officials and which means that some great personage is coming � then of arc stepped in and the house rose yes and tried to shut its mouth and make itself grave and proper but when it saw the maid herself go to laughing it thanked god for this mercy and the earthquake followed such things make life a bitterness and i do not wish to dwell upon them the effect of the poem was spoiled chapter xvi this episode with me and i was not able to leave my bed the next day the others were in the same condition but for this one or another of us might have had the good luck that fell to the s share that day but it is that god in his compassion sends the good luck to such as are ill equipped with gifts as compensation for their defect but requires such as are more fortunately endowed to get by labor and talent what those others get by chance it was who said this and it seemed to me to be well and justly thought the going about the town all the day in order to be followed and admired and the people say in an awed voice � look it is the standard bearer of of arc had speech with all sc ts and conditions of folk and he learned from some that there was a stir of some kind going on in the on the other side of the river and in the evening seeking further he found a from the fortress called the who said that the english were going to send men over to strengthen the on our side during the darkness of the night and were greatly for they meant to spring upon and the army mark twain when it was passing the and destroy it a thing quite easy to do since the witch would not be there and without her presence the army would do like the french armies of these many years past � drop their weapons and run when they saw an english face it was ten at night when the brought this news and asked leave to speak to and i was up and on duty then it was a bitter stroke to me to see what a chance i had lost made searching inquiries and satisfied herself that the word was true then she made this remark you have done well and you have my thanks it may be that you have prevented a disaster your name and service shall receive official mention then he bowed low and when he rose he was eleven feet high as he swelled out past me he pulled down the comer of his eye with his finger and muttered part of that refrain oh tears ah tears oh sad sweet tears � name in general orders � personal mention to the king you see i wished could have seen his conduct but she was busy thinking what she do then she had me fetch the knight de and in a minute he was off for la hire s quarters with orders for him and the lord de and d to report to her at five o clock next morning with five hundred picked men well mounted the histories say half past four but it is not true i heard the order given we were on our way at five to the minute and the head of the arriving between x recollections op op arc six and seven a couple of from the was pleased for the army had to get and show uneasiness now that it was getting so near to the dreaded but that all disappeared now as the word ran down the line with a that swept along the length of it like a wave that the maid was come asked her to halt and let the column pass in review so that the men could be sure that the report of her presence was not a to revive their courage so she took position at the side of the road with her staff and the swung by with a martial stride was armed except her head she was wearing the 