Kate Chopin

Name: Bayou Folk — In Sabine
Author: Kate Chopin

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“Bayou Folk — In Sabine”, published in 1894, is a work by Kate Chopin. It explores elements such as Tite Reine, Grégoire and Uncle Mortimer.

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Kate Chopin, Bayou Folk — In Sabine (1894)

“ He could no longer recognize the imperious ‘Tite Reine, whose will had been the law in her father’s household. He led her to the edge of the low gallery and there they sat down.
Grégoire loved women. He liked their nearness, their atmosphere; the tones of their voices and the things they said; their ways of moving and turning about; the brushing of their garments when they passed him by pleased him. He was fleeing now from the pain that a woman had inflicted upon him. When any overpowering sorrow came to Grégoire he felt a singular longing to cross the Sabine River and lose himself in Texas. ”

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Kate Chopin, Bayou Folk — In Sabine (1894)

“ Grégoire smoked on. He only stopped when the moon sank down behind the pine-trees, and the long deep shadow reached out and enveloped him. Then he could no longer see and follow the filmy smoke from his cigarette, and he threw it away. Sleep was pressing heavily upon him. He stretched himself full length upon the rough bare boards of the gallery and slept until daybreak. ”

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Kate Chopin, Bayou Folk — In Sabine (1894)

“ She would not return to the room where her husband lay; the nearness of a friend had already emboldened her to inward revolt. Grégoire induced her to lie down and rest upon the quilt that she had given to him for a bed. She did so, and broken down by fatigue was soon fast asleep.
He stayed seated on the edge of the gallery and began to smoke cigarettes which he rolled himself of périque tobacco. He might have gone in and shared Bud Aiken’s bed, but preferred to stay there near ‘Tite Reine. He watched to two horses, tramping slowly about the lot, cropping the dewy wet tufts of grass. ”

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Kate Chopin, Bayou Folk — In Sabine (1894)

“ Aiken. My hoss ain’t in firs’-class trim; an’ a night’s res’ ain’t goin’ to hurt him o’ me either.” He had begun by declaring his intention of pushing on across the Sabine, but an imploring look from ‘Tite Reine’s eyes had stayed the words upon his lips. Never had he seen in a woman’s eyes a look of such heartbroken entreaty. He resolved on the intstant to know the meaning of it before setting foot on Texas soil. Grégoire had never learned to steel his heart against a woman’s eyes, no matter what language they spoke. ”

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Kate Chopin, Bayou Folk — In Sabine (1894)

“ But I tell you, suh, Sabine’s a damn’ sight worse than any of ‘em. Why, a man can’t git a drink o’ whiskey here without going out of the parish fer it, or across into Texas. I’m fixin’ to sell out an’ try Vernon.”
Bud Aiken’s household belongings surely would not count for much in the contemplated “selling out.” The one room that constituted his home was extremely bare of furnishing, - a cheap bed, a pine table, and a few chairs, that was all. On a rough shelf were some paper parcels representing the larder. The mud daubing had fallen out here and there from between the logs of the cabin ”

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Kate Chopin, Bayou Folk — In Sabine (1894)

“ He was fond of reiterating that women’s admiration had wrecked his life, quite forgetting to mention the early and sustained influence of “Pike’s Magnolia” and other brands, and wholly ignoring certain inborn propensities capable of wrecking unaided any ordinary existence. ”

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Kate Chopin, Bayou Folk — In Sabine (1894)

“ They sat at the pine table smoking and playing cards all the morning, only desisting when ‘Tite Reine came to serve them with the gumbo-filé that she had come out of the field to cook at noon. She could afford to treat a guest to chicken gumbo, for she owned a half dozen chickens that Uncle Mortimer had presented to her at various times. ”

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Kate Chopin, Bayou Folk — In Sabine (1894)

“ She uttered only a low, smothered exclamation when she saw Grégoire.
“Well, is that all you got to say to my frien’ Mr. Sanchun? That’s the way with them Cajuns,” Aiken offered apologetically to his guest; “ain’t got sense enough to know a white man when they see one.” Grégoire took her hand.
“I’m mighty glad to see you, ‘Tite Reine,” he said from his heart. She had for some reason been unable to speak ”

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