The Marbeau Cousins (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Marbeau Cousins His worn and tom clothing showed in its texture something superior to the rough jeans and homespuns of the mountains. All these details were carefully studied out by his hosts, for the lives of many of them called for the utmost caution in dealings with strangers, and revenue spies were not infrequently abroad. But the examinations always ended when the questioning gaze returned to the man's face, which was, while grave and immobile, singularly open and trust-inspiring, the face of a man then under self-control only by powerful efforts and wearing a record that was indefinable if it stood not for mental suffering. But this face drew much of its trust-inspiring quality from the eyes. Its expression, despite its sadness and misery, was admirable, the eyes large, brown and singularly luminous, the ray in them being an exaggeration of that strange flame, which, if it be not the spirit itself, is born of it, and is oftener seen in the eyes of dogs than men. Whatever its origin, this noticeable, nay entrancing light, seemed to suggest and index a power, an energy, almost a fever within, that, guarded and desperately restrained at every other point, betrayed itself at the eye. To these conspicuous points was added a voice that was full, round and musical and abounding in those overtones which make some voices so pleasant upon the ear. He told the same story everywhere, he was one of the people, he needed friends and help for the time being, he had no money nor wanted any - a little food, - that was all. His business? He had none. He was making his way to friends, on foot because he could not afford to ride. Different people drew different inferences, but they gave him of their humble stores. He thanked them gravely, and passed on out of their lives forever, but not always from their memory. The hill country succeeded the mountains, and still the stranger held a southward course, avoiding the cities and towns and even villages, when possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.