Bayou Folk

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Kate Chopin. Bayou Folk

A NO-ACCOUNT CREOLE. I

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IN AND OUT OF OLD NATCHITOCHES

IN SABINE

A VERY FINE FIDDLE

BEYOND THE BAYOU

OLD AUNT PEGGY

THE RETURN OF ALCIBIADE

A RUDE AWAKENING

THE BÊNITOUS' SLAVE

DÉSIRÉE'S BABY

A TURKEY HUNT

MADAME CÉLESTIN'S DIVORCE

LOVE ON THE BON-DIEU

LOKA

BOULÔT AND BOULOTTE

FOR MARSE CHOUCHOUTE

A VISIT TO AVOYELLES

A WIZARD FROM GETTYSBURG

MA'AME PÉLAGIE

AT THE 'CADIAN BALL

LA BELLE ZORAÏDE

A GENTLEMAN OF BAYOU TÊCHE

A LADY OF BAYOU ST. JOHN

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Bayou Folk

KATE CHOPIN

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He went away without having had a word alone with the girl whom he had gone to see. The evening had proved a failure. He did not go to the club as usual, but went to his rooms in a mood which inclined him to read a few pages from a stoic philosopher whom he sometimes affected. But the words of wisdom that had often before helped him over disagreeable places left no impress to-night. They were powerless to banish from his thoughts the look of a pair of brown eyes, or to drown the tones of a girl's voice that kept singing in his soul.

Placide was not very well acquainted with the city; but that made no difference to him so long as he was at Euphrasie's side. His brother Hector, who lived in some obscure corner of the town, would willingly have made his knowledge a more intimate one; but Placide did not choose to learn the lessons that Hector was ready to teach. He asked nothing better than to walk with Euphrasie along the streets, holding her parasol at an agreeable angle over her pretty head, or to sit beside her in the evening at the play, sharing her frank delight.

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