Surprenant

He also is survived by his stepfather, Jim Surprenant.

November 2006 glimpses 2006

"He always kept us laughing," said his mother, Cindy Surprenant.

November 2006 glimpses 2006

Surprenant bent his eyes upon the face for a little, and then kneeled.

Maria Chapdelaine; a Tale of the Lake St. John country 1913

Surprenant began anew to praise her who was departed.

Maria Chapdelaine; a Tale of the Lake St. John country 1913

Frankly interested, everyone took another good look at Lorenzo Surprenant.

Maria Chapdelaine; a Tale of the Lake St. John country 1913

A numerous company was assembled under the Surprenant roof: several of the villagers, the three Frenchmen who had bought his nephew Lorenzo's farm, and also, to the Chapdelaines 'great surprise, Lorenzo himself, back once more from the States upon business that related to the sale and the settling of his father's affairs.

Maria Chapdelaine; a Tale of the Lake St. John country 1913

She could not as yet resolve to say to herself: "I will marry Lorenzo Surprenant," but her heart had made its choice.

Maria Chapdelaine; a Tale of the Lake St. John country 1913

Surprenant was right in what he had been saying; it was a pitiless ungentle land.

Maria Chapdelaine; a Tale of the Lake St. John country 1913

Francois had come in the full tide of summer, from the land of mystery at the headwaters of the rivers; the memory of his artless words brought back the dazzling sunshine, the ripened blueberries and the last blossoms of the laurel fading in the undergrowth; after him appeared Lorenzo Surprenant offering other gifts, -- visions of beautiful distant cities, of a life abounding in unknown wonders.

Maria Chapdelaine Louis H��mon 1896

It was more than she had said to Lorenzo Surprenant, and yet Lorenzo had gone away with hope in his heart, while Eutrope felt that he had made his throw and lost.

Maria Chapdelaine Louis H��mon 1896