I had to hurry breakfastbreakfast, for the train started a little before eight , or rather it ought to have done so , for after rushingrushto the station at 7:30 I had to sitsitin the carriage for more than an hour before we began to move .
Happily , an inhabitant of the kitchen made more despatch : a lusty dame , with tucked-up gown , bare arms , and fire-flushed cheeks , rushedrushinto the midst of us flourishingflourisha frying-pan : and usedusethat weapon , and her tongue , to such purpose , that the stormstormsubsidedsubsidemagically , and she only remained , heavingheavinglike a sea after a high wind , when her master enteredenteron the scene .
However , he was not much disconcerted at that ; for when he had takentakea mouthful of bread and butter and was about to swallow a gulp of tea , the humour of the thing burstburstupon him with such irresistible force , that he was obliged to jumpjumpup from the table , and rushrushsnortingsnortand chokingchokefrom the room ; and a minute after , was heardhearscreamingscreamin fearful agony in the garden .
Indeed , so little did it enter my head to even use the place in summer , that I submitted to weeks of seaside life with all its horrors every year ; until at last , in the early spring of last year , having comecomedown for the openingopenof the village school , and wanderingwanderout afterwards into the bare and desolate garden , I do nāt know what smell of wet earth or rotting leaves brought back my childhood with a rushrushand all the happy days I had spent in a garden .
And so the crowd rushedrushaway from the Place de la Greve and mademakefor the various barricades in order to watch this interesting and amusing sight .