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In spite of his communistic theories, old scruples of education arose, and he contented himself with gnawing his share of dry bread.
When the darkness began to stupefy him, weighing on his skull almost to madness, he would light up for a moment; then, as soon as he had chased away the nightmare, he extinguished the candle, miserly of this brightness which was as necessary to his life as bread.
To the other causes of suffering--the stoppage of orders from America, and the engorgement of invested capital in excessive production--was now added the unforeseen lack of coal for the few furnaces which were still kept up; and that was the supreme agony, this engine bread which the pits no longer furnished.
The Company's back was too robust to be so easily broken; they might lose millions, but later on they would get them back again by gnawing at their men's bread.
But, good God! was it not disgusting to do that in front of a great fire, and to get up one's strength with biscuits, when the mates had neither a slice of bread nor a fragment of coal?
But it was not Dr. Vanderhaghen; they recognized the new curé, Abbé Ranvier, who did not seem surprised at coming on this dead house, without light, without fire, without bread.
All our other curés dined at the manager's, and threatened us with the devil as soon as we asked for bread."
Then, as they cried still louder, asking for bread, she burst into tears, and dropped on to the floor, seizing them in one embrace with the little invalid; then, for a long time, her tears fell in a nervous outbreak which left her limp and worn out, stammering over and over again the same phrase, calling for death: "O God! why do You not take us?
"I know that you have never eaten that sort of bread.
Then the days began to pass by as before, always without bread, but without the luck to die outright; things picked up here and there rendered to the wretches the poor service of keeping them alive.
The idea of not gaining her bread, of being thus tolerated in her mother's house, like a useless animal that is in the way, was becoming every day more unbearable; and if it had not been for the fear of Chaval she would have gone down on Tuesday.
We should get bread, anyhow."
We ate our bread dry, but we were all together; and what has happened, good God!
Was it in fact his fault, this misfortune which was making him bleed, the wretchedness of some, the murder of others, these women, these children, lean, and without bread?
She brought us bread every evening, disguised as a peasant woman.
He would be satisfied with bread; and if there were only enough for one, she should have it.
The Company was, then, in luck since the terrible Montsou wrestler had come back to it to ask for bread?
For the prisoners it was the beginning of the twelfth day; twelve times over had they passed twenty-four hours without bread, without fire, in that icy darkness!
It was the end; what could they expect, reduced to this niche where they dared not move, exhausted, starving, having neither bread nor light?
"--"One must get bread."
They understood that the revolution would be born again unceasingly, perhaps tomorrow, with a general strike--the common understanding of all workers having general funds, and so able to hold out for months, eating their own bread.
However, I feel compelled to mention that bread and wine were totally absent.
This shortage of wine, bread, and meat isn't suitable for an upstanding Anglo-Saxon, a man accustomed to beefsteak and unfazed by regular doses of brandy or gin!""For my part, Conseil, that doesn't bother me in the least, and I've adjusted very nicely to the diet on board."
Conseil brought a dozen of them to Ned Land, who cut them into thick slices and placed them over a fire of live coals, all the while repeating:"You'll see, sir, how tasty this bread is!""Especially since we've gone without baked goods for so long," Conseil said.
"It's more than just bread," the Canadian added.
On the inside there appeared some white pasta, a sort of soft bread center whose flavor reminded me of artichoke.
This bread was excellent, I must admit, and I ate it with great pleasure.
"So, Mr. Ned, I see that this bread is all we need--""Not quite, professor," the Canadian replied.
While these fascinating animals were cooking, Ned prepared some bread from the artocarpus.
Sago pasta, bread from the artocarpus, mangoes, half a dozen pineapples, and the fermented liquor from certain coconuts heightened our glee.
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