Then Ball-of-Bat, blushing and embarrassed, looked at the four travelers who had fasted and stammered:"Goodness knows! if I cared to offer anything to these gentlemen and ladies, I would --" Then she was silent, as if fearing an insult. Loiseau took up the word:"Ah! certainly, in times like these all the world are brothers and ought to aid each other. Come, ladies, without ceremony; why the devil not accept? We do not know whether we shall even find a house where we can pass the night. At the pace we are going now, we shall not reach Tôtes before noon tomorrow --"

They still hesitated, no one daring to assume the responsibility of a"Yes."

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