Galope

CIBOT, alias Galope-Chopine, also called Cibot the Great.

Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 1 Anatole Cerfberr 1865

You will see on the road which leads to Nid-aux-Crocs through the Val de Gibarry, a farmhouse belonging to Cibot -- otherwise called Galope-Chopine.

The Chouans Honor�� de Balzac 1824

CIBOT (Jean), alias Pille-Miche; one of the Chouans of the Breton insurrection of 1799; cousin of Cibot, alias Galope-Chopine, and his murderer.

Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 1 Anatole Cerfberr 1865

Entering the hut, they looked about in vain for Galope-Chopine; the miserable chamber never looked to them as large, so empty was it.

The Chouans Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Galope-Chopine turned pale himself and dropped his porringer on the table.

The Chouans Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Galope-Chopine listened with great attention, as he walked along, to this melody; presently a puff of wind brought several chanted words to his ear, which seemed to affect him powerfully, for he suddenly turned the wearied donkeys into a by-path, which led away from Saint-James, paying no attention to the remonstrances of Mademoiselle de Verneuil, whose fears were increased by the darkness of the forest path along which their guide now led them.

The Chouans Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Pille Miche nudged his comrade by the elbow and showed him d'Orgemont, who was pretending to be asleep; but Pille-Miche and Marche-a-Terre both knew by experience that no one ever slept by the corner of their fire, and though the last words said to Galope-Chopine were almost whispered, they must have been heard by the victim, and the four

The Chouans Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Galope-Chopine heard the noise of men jumping the successive barriers, and he could dimly see, through the fog which was growing thicker, the forms of two men like moving shadows.

The Chouans Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Galope-Chopine made the women dismount from their donkeys and climb the obstructions; then, mounting again, they made their way through the boggy paths which already felt the approach of winter.

The Chouans Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Galope-Chopine looked alternately from the mistress to the maid with evident distrust of the latter; but a sign from Mademoiselle de Verneuil reassured him.

The Chouans Honor�� de Balzac 1824