Carandas

Here also Nyctanthes is very common; Zanthoxylon also occurs here and there like an Ash. On the ridge above Ramgurh, Adhatoda is very common; Carandas likewise occurs, but is not very common; Eranthemoides is rather common, but this occurs in profusion on the descent; Cassia tora, O. lanceolata, and

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

Now one fine day, the said Carandas came back into Touraine with much wealth, that he brought from the country of Flanders, where he had sold his mechanical secrets.

Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Thereupon Carandas commenced to laugh, though inwardly raging all the time.

Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Honor�� de Balzac 1824

"Ah! good evening, old friend," said Carandas to Taschereau; and

Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Carandas -- for so was named the manufacturer of machines to weave, to spin, to spool, and to wind the silk -- was not sufficiently smitten to believe in the innocence of the dyer's wife, and swore a devilish hate against her.

Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Now Carandas soon recognised the fact that among cuckoldoms the best understood and the most discreet is ecclesiastical cuckoldom.

Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Carandas had verified the arrangement and constant practice of these gallant diversions, he determined to wait for a day when the lovers would meet, hungry one for the other, after some accidental abstinence.

Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Honor�� de Balzac 1824

To resume: the said Carandas was, on his return from Flanders, entertained by his comrade, and by all those by whom he was liked for his jokes, his drollery, and quaint remarks.

Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Honor�� de Balzac 1824

So it was that, the first day the above-mentioned Carandas saw his old comrade's children, saw the handsome priest, saw the beautiful wife of the dyer, saw La

Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Carandas, the hater, found many notable changes at the house of his friend, the dyer, for the good man had two sweet children, who, by a curious chance, presented no resemblance either to the mother or to the father.

Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Honor�� de Balzac 1824