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I bought Once in France because three of its ten stories appeared in one of her girlhood books (The Big Vacation Book for Girls), that my late mother gave to me when I was a girl. Now I have read all of them.
'The Beloved Duchess Anne'
This is a story of Anne of Brittany, who lived from 1477 - 1514. We get some of her history, including why she was the Duchess of Brittany and how she came to marry two different kings of France. The main part of the plot is about a time she became ill and sought the intercession of Saint John the Baptist for a cure. I'm Catholic, but I am quite skeptical that the relic in that village church was really the saint's finger bone. Still, how Anne came to understand that her cure was no more important than show more those of poor people is a valuable lesson well told.
'The Princess Who Became a Shepherdess'
This is the story of Jeanne, Countess of Orange, and what happened to her after her loving and beloved husband, Raymond of Arles, left her in the care of his widowed mother, Gertrude of Arles. Raymond went off to the First Crusade. Gertrude of Arles was definitely a mother-in-law from Hell. After the women were given reason to believe Raymond was dead, Gertrude puts Jeanne into the less-than-tender care of a farm woman who made Jeanne work as a shepherdess. Will Raymond recognize his beloved when he returns?
'The Baleful Cart'
This one starts out with a cautionary tale about how to avoid a carriage drawn by skeletal horses, with a decapitated head that drips blood inside, and what to do if you fail to avoid it.
We learn about Euloge [Eulogius] Schneider, a former German priest and professor, who supported the French Revolution and became involved in the Reign of Terror, sending people to the guillotine.
The story tells us how Sara, a pretty girl whom Schneider was forcing to marry him, talked him into doing something unlawful. Sara appeals to Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, but it is young soldiers singing the Marseillaise that decides the matter.
'Her Friend and Her Flag'
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The author was born in Touraine and decided that the story of how Joan of Arc got her flag would be the local legend she would retell. It is about how Joan got her standard [flag] painted according to her vision.
You may see the letter Joan wrote to the Mayor of Tours when her friends Heliote and Gillet got married online, including an English translation. Pity Heliote didn't get what Joan asked them to give her. Her father seems to have appreciated what she was given instead, though.
Heliote had been given the first, faulty, flag by Joan. She took it with her when she went to see Joan after Joan was arrested.
'Beware of the Chest'
This was my favorite of the stories reprinted in Mom's The Big Vacation Book for Girls, just as it is my favorite of the stories here. I give it 5 stars.
The place is Burgundy and it's either the 12th or the 13th century. Pernette is 23 years old and not yet married -- oh, the horror! She is being courted by Pistol, who is 20 years older, shorter, and paunchy. On the other hand, Pistol is a rich merchant. He comes from a distant town, so no one local knows about him. Pernette accepts his proposal. He gives her a huge wedding chest and fills it with enough clothes, shoes, furs, etc. to dress her for years.
They move to Pistol's home. There the neighbors tell her what a truly awful man Pistol is. Pernette decides to let Pistol have his own way for a full year. This drives Pistol nuts because she remains calm or laughs no matter how he behaves. Pernette is so strong and healthy that Pistol is afraid to beat her, but he uses his imagination to abuse her in other ways.
I love it when the year is over and Pistol finds out that Pernette intends to have her own way. What happens leads to the title of the story.
'The Little Girl From the Island'
The author does not tell us the name by which this historical person is best known until the bottom of the 15th page of the story. Instead, she refers to her by the nickname, 'Yéyette'. For some reason the girl's eyes are first described as blue, then as violet. The author doesn't name the island, either. A Romany woman tells Yéyette's fortune, and her nanny witnesses a strange occurrence involving bees. It is the story of Josephine Bonaparte.
I had read about Napoleon III in history classes, of course, but until this story I hadn't realized he was the son of Josephine's daughter. The last page of this tale is poetic and haunting.
This story does use three terms that were acceptable in 1927, one of them even polite, but are considered racist today. The illustrations aren't bad for the period, either. Aside from having their skin inked as black as could be, the black characters do not have stereotypical features. The Romany fortuneteller does not have stereotypical features, either, and her darker skin is indicated only by slanting lines. She's even described as honest.
'The Priest in His White, Woolen Garment'
This story takes place during the tragic French Wars of Religion (1562-1598), when the Catholics and the Huguenots (Protestants) were busy killing each other in the name of the Prince of Peace.
The town in this tale is Montauban, where the author lived for two years. It's about a Catholic boy named Pierre and a Protestant girl named Rachel, whom Pierre calls 'Blue-Eyes'. They discuss each other's brand of Christianity over the years. Eventually, they fall in love. Their parents are absolutely against the match.
Pierre joins the army of de Luynes. In 1629, while he is in Albi, Pierre is horrified to learn that they will be attacking Montauban. His friend advises him to go see an old hermit whom people say can see the future.
The old hermit's vision is of Pierre and Rachel being married in a vast church, by a priest in a white woolen garment. Pierre is puzzled, because no Catholic priest wears white. Did the hermit's vision come true?
'The Faithful Little Squire'
Robert of Flanders seemed to have gained everything: knighthood, land, and a beautiful wife. Pretty good for a poor squire, yes? Robert of Flanders was a very honorable man, and he had vowed to make a pilgrimage to Saint James if ever he became a knight. That means a trip to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain back when one either rode or went on foot.
Raoul of Hainaut, another knight, bets Robert that Blanche will be unfaithful to him. The stakes are each other's lands. Robert is confident in his bride, so he takes the bet. Too bad for Robert that Raoul didn't intend to play fair. When Raoul can't seduce Blanche, he fakes the evidence. Robert leaves. So does Blanche.
Robert does gain a faithful squire who helps him make a living. Will Blanche's name ever be cleared?
'Geneviève! The Huns Are Coming!'
Although this story calls Saint Geneviève France's earliest saint, Saints Denis and Martin of Tours were earlier. They all lived when France was still Gaule, as it is spelled in French, or Gaul, as it is known in English.
Besides a miracle by which Geneviève healed her mother while still a child, the story moves on to when Geneviève was 28 or 29. She had moved to Lutèce, which would one day be called 'Paris'. She works another miracle there that keeps her neighbors from fleeing Attila the Hun.
Attila the Hun skipped Lutèce, then lost to General Flavius Ætius at the Battle of Châlons-sur-Marne, or the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, on 20 June 451. He retreats.
Geneviève's long and saintly life after that miracle is summarized, including the legend that she could relight candles with her fingertip.
'Ys and Her Bells'
The subject of King Gralon of Ys starts with two modern day girls meeting his ghost after dark. Why did his ghost look so sad? The author says there are many versions of his story, but this is the one she will tell.
About 1500 years ago, King Gralon ruled the city of Ys, which needed a dam to protect it from the ocean. King Gralon's daughter, Princess Dahut, was as beautiful as her dead mother, but a wicked girl. She delighted in cruelly rejecting the men who loved her so they threw themselves into the Devil's Pit in the ocean.
A preacher who would one day be a saint, Guénolé, would visit the king several times a year to tell him his beloved daughter was a curse and he must have her tried by his judges, or the wrath of God would fall on him and his kingdom. He doesn't and it does.
King Gralon rides through the water while Guénolé runs ahead on that water. His daughter shows up and tries to climb up on his horse. You see, the ghosts of the men who drowned in the Devil's Pit are coming after her.
Guénolé orders the king to cast her away. The horse refuses to advance. Gralon does cast his daughter off. Ys is submerged. Sometimes, its bells can still be heard.
The stories are charmingly told and the illustrations are good. I'm so glad I was able to buy this book online. show less
'The Beloved Duchess Anne'
This is a story of Anne of Brittany, who lived from 1477 - 1514. We get some of her history, including why she was the Duchess of Brittany and how she came to marry two different kings of France. The main part of the plot is about a time she became ill and sought the intercession of Saint John the Baptist for a cure. I'm Catholic, but I am quite skeptical that the relic in that village church was really the saint's finger bone. Still, how Anne came to understand that her cure was no more important than show more those of poor people is a valuable lesson well told.
'The Princess Who Became a Shepherdess'
This is the story of Jeanne, Countess of Orange, and what happened to her after her loving and beloved husband, Raymond of Arles, left her in the care of his widowed mother, Gertrude of Arles. Raymond went off to the First Crusade. Gertrude of Arles was definitely a mother-in-law from Hell. After the women were given reason to believe Raymond was dead, Gertrude puts Jeanne into the less-than-tender care of a farm woman who made Jeanne work as a shepherdess. Will Raymond recognize his beloved when he returns?
'The Baleful Cart'
This one starts out with a cautionary tale about how to avoid a carriage drawn by skeletal horses, with a decapitated head that drips blood inside, and what to do if you fail to avoid it.
We learn about Euloge [Eulogius] Schneider, a former German priest and professor, who supported the French Revolution and became involved in the Reign of Terror, sending people to the guillotine.
The story tells us how Sara, a pretty girl whom Schneider was forcing to marry him, talked him into doing something unlawful. Sara appeals to Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, but it is young soldiers singing the Marseillaise that decides the matter.
'Her Friend and Her Flag'
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The author was born in Touraine and decided that the story of how Joan of Arc got her flag would be the local legend she would retell. It is about how Joan got her standard [flag] painted according to her vision.
You may see the letter Joan wrote to the Mayor of Tours when her friends Heliote and Gillet got married online, including an English translation. Pity Heliote didn't get what Joan asked them to give her. Her father seems to have appreciated what she was given instead, though.
Heliote had been given the first, faulty, flag by Joan. She took it with her when she went to see Joan after Joan was arrested.
'Beware of the Chest'
This was my favorite of the stories reprinted in Mom's The Big Vacation Book for Girls, just as it is my favorite of the stories here. I give it 5 stars.
The place is Burgundy and it's either the 12th or the 13th century. Pernette is 23 years old and not yet married -- oh, the horror! She is being courted by Pistol, who is 20 years older, shorter, and paunchy. On the other hand, Pistol is a rich merchant. He comes from a distant town, so no one local knows about him. Pernette accepts his proposal. He gives her a huge wedding chest and fills it with enough clothes, shoes, furs, etc. to dress her for years.
They move to Pistol's home. There the neighbors tell her what a truly awful man Pistol is. Pernette decides to let Pistol have his own way for a full year. This drives Pistol nuts because she remains calm or laughs no matter how he behaves. Pernette is so strong and healthy that Pistol is afraid to beat her, but he uses his imagination to abuse her in other ways.
I love it when the year is over and Pistol finds out that Pernette intends to have her own way. What happens leads to the title of the story.
'The Little Girl From the Island'
The author does not tell us the name by which this historical person is best known until the bottom of the 15th page of the story. Instead, she refers to her by the nickname, 'Yéyette'. For some reason the girl's eyes are first described as blue, then as violet. The author doesn't name the island, either. A Romany woman tells Yéyette's fortune, and her nanny witnesses a strange occurrence involving bees. It is the story of Josephine Bonaparte.
I had read about Napoleon III in history classes, of course, but until this story I hadn't realized he was the son of Josephine's daughter. The last page of this tale is poetic and haunting.
This story does use three terms that were acceptable in 1927, one of them even polite, but are considered racist today. The illustrations aren't bad for the period, either. Aside from having their skin inked as black as could be, the black characters do not have stereotypical features. The Romany fortuneteller does not have stereotypical features, either, and her darker skin is indicated only by slanting lines. She's even described as honest.
'The Priest in His White, Woolen Garment'
This story takes place during the tragic French Wars of Religion (1562-1598), when the Catholics and the Huguenots (Protestants) were busy killing each other in the name of the Prince of Peace.
The town in this tale is Montauban, where the author lived for two years. It's about a Catholic boy named Pierre and a Protestant girl named Rachel, whom Pierre calls 'Blue-Eyes'. They discuss each other's brand of Christianity over the years. Eventually, they fall in love. Their parents are absolutely against the match.
Pierre joins the army of de Luynes. In 1629, while he is in Albi, Pierre is horrified to learn that they will be attacking Montauban. His friend advises him to go see an old hermit whom people say can see the future.
The old hermit's vision is of Pierre and Rachel being married in a vast church, by a priest in a white woolen garment. Pierre is puzzled, because no Catholic priest wears white. Did the hermit's vision come true?
'The Faithful Little Squire'
Robert of Flanders seemed to have gained everything: knighthood, land, and a beautiful wife. Pretty good for a poor squire, yes? Robert of Flanders was a very honorable man, and he had vowed to make a pilgrimage to Saint James if ever he became a knight. That means a trip to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain back when one either rode or went on foot.
Raoul of Hainaut, another knight, bets Robert that Blanche will be unfaithful to him. The stakes are each other's lands. Robert is confident in his bride, so he takes the bet. Too bad for Robert that Raoul didn't intend to play fair. When Raoul can't seduce Blanche, he fakes the evidence. Robert leaves. So does Blanche.
Robert does gain a faithful squire who helps him make a living. Will Blanche's name ever be cleared?
'Geneviève! The Huns Are Coming!'
Although this story calls Saint Geneviève France's earliest saint, Saints Denis and Martin of Tours were earlier. They all lived when France was still Gaule, as it is spelled in French, or Gaul, as it is known in English.
Besides a miracle by which Geneviève healed her mother while still a child, the story moves on to when Geneviève was 28 or 29. She had moved to Lutèce, which would one day be called 'Paris'. She works another miracle there that keeps her neighbors from fleeing Attila the Hun.
Attila the Hun skipped Lutèce, then lost to General Flavius Ætius at the Battle of Châlons-sur-Marne, or the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, on 20 June 451. He retreats.
Geneviève's long and saintly life after that miracle is summarized, including the legend that she could relight candles with her fingertip.
'Ys and Her Bells'
The subject of King Gralon of Ys starts with two modern day girls meeting his ghost after dark. Why did his ghost look so sad? The author says there are many versions of his story, but this is the one she will tell.
About 1500 years ago, King Gralon ruled the city of Ys, which needed a dam to protect it from the ocean. King Gralon's daughter, Princess Dahut, was as beautiful as her dead mother, but a wicked girl. She delighted in cruelly rejecting the men who loved her so they threw themselves into the Devil's Pit in the ocean.
A preacher who would one day be a saint, Guénolé, would visit the king several times a year to tell him his beloved daughter was a curse and he must have her tried by his judges, or the wrath of God would fall on him and his kingdom. He doesn't and it does.
King Gralon rides through the water while Guénolé runs ahead on that water. His daughter shows up and tries to climb up on his horse. You see, the ghosts of the men who drowned in the Devil's Pit are coming after her.
Guénolé orders the king to cast her away. The horse refuses to advance. Gralon does cast his daughter off. Ys is submerged. Sometimes, its bells can still be heard.
The stories are charmingly told and the illustrations are good. I'm so glad I was able to buy this book online. show less
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- Original publication date
- 1927
- People/Characters
- Anne, Duchess of Brittany ('The Beloved Duchess Anne'); Marie-Rose (extremely poor peasant, 'The Beloved Duchess Anne'); Princess Claude (daughter of Anne and Louis XII, 'The Beloved Duchess Anne'); François, Duke of Angoulême (married Claude, 'The Beloved Duchess Anne'); Countess Jeanne of Orange ('The Princess Who Became a Shepherdess'); Raymond of Arles (Jeanne's husband, 'The Princess Who Became a Shepherdess') (show all 58); Gertrude of Arles (Raymond's mother, 'The Princess Who Became a Shepherdess'); Pope Urban II (his speech started the First Crusade, 'The Princess Who Became a Shepherdess'); Godefroy de Bouillon, (a First Crusade leader, 'The Princess Who Became a Shepherdess'); Eulogius Schneider (here called Euloge, 'Butcher of Strasbourg', 'The Baleful Cart'); Sara Stamm (Schneider is forcing her to marry him, 'The Baleful Cart'); Sara Stamm's father (to be executed if Sara doesn't marry Schneider, 'The Baleful Cart'); Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just (called the Archangel of Terror, 'The Baleful Cart'); Joan of Arc ('Her Friend and Her Flag'); Charles VII, King of France ('Her Friend and Her Flag'); Hauves Poulnoir (Poulvoir here, artist who painted Joan's flag, 'Her Friend and Her Flag'); Heliote Poulnoir (Hauves' daughter and Joan's friend, 'Her Friend and Her Flag'); Gillet (Hauves' apprentice who married Heliote, 'Her Friend and Her Flag'); Mayor of Tours ('Her Friend and Her Flag'); Pernette (23 and still not married, 'Beware of the Chest'); Pistol (43-yr-old rich merchant from a distant town, 'Beware of the Chest'); Pernette's mother ('Beware of the Chest'); Pernette's father ('Beware of the Chest'); the baby Pistol brought home ('Beware of the Chest'); Yéyette (the little girl from Martinique, 'The Little Girl From the Island'); Marion, Yéyette's nanny ('The Little Girl From the Island'); the gypsy [Romany] woman who told Yéyette's fortune ('The Little Girl From the Island'); Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie (Yé | yette's birth name, 'The Little Girl From...'); Alexandre de Beauharnais (Josephine's first husband, 'The Little Girl From the Island'); Eugène de Beauharnais (Josephine and Alexandre's son, 'The Little Girl From the Island'); Hortense de Beauharnais (Josephine and Alexandre's daughter, 'The Little Girl From...'); Napoleon Bonaparte (general, then Emperor of France, 'The Little Girl From the Island'); Josephine Bonaparte (Empress of France, 'The Little Girl From the Island'); Pierre (a Catholic boy in Montauban, 'The Priest in His White, Woolen Garment'); Rachel ('Blue Eyes', Protestant girl in Montauban, | 'The Priest in His White, Woolen Garment'); a very old hermit, who sees a vision for Pierre ('The Priest in His White, Woolen Garment'); Robert of Flanders (Godefroy's squire, 'The Faithful Little Squire'); Godefroy (who knighted Robert, 'The Faithful Little Squire'); Blanche (Godefroy's daughter, married Robert, 'The Faithful Little Squire'); Raoul of Hainaut (dishonorable knight, 'The Faithful Little Squire'); Henri (Robert's squire, 'The Faithful Little Squire'); Geneviève (as a child & woman who became a saint, 'Geneviè | ve! The Huns Are Coming!'); Bishop Germain, or Germanus of Auxerre ('Geneviè | ve! The Huns Are Coming!'); Gerontia, Severus' wife, Geneviève's mother ('Geneviè | ve! The Huns Are Coming!'); Attila the Hun, wants to conquer Lutèce ('Geneviè | ve! The Huns Are Coming!'); General Flavius Ætius, who conquered Attila ('Geneviè | ve! The Huns Are Coming!'); General Flavius Aetius, modern spelling of Ætius ('Geneviè | ve! The Huns Are Coming!'); King Gralon of Ys ('Ys and Her Bells'); King Gradlon of Ys (another spelling, 'Ys and Her Bells'); Princess Dahut of Ys ('Ys and Her Bells'); Princess Ahez of Ys (another name for Dahut, 'Ys and Her Bells'); Guénolé, French name of a saintly preacher who became a saint ('Ys and Her Bells'); Saint Gwenole, Breton for Guénolé ('Ys and Her Bells'); Saint Winwaloe, another name for Guénolé ('Ys and Her Bells'); Saint Winwallus, Latin for Guénolé ('Ys and Her Bells'); Saint Winwalœus, also Latin for Guénolé ('Ys and Her Bells'); Gavin (his father built Ys' dike, he has the key, 'Ys and Her Bells'); Morvark, King Gralon's horse ('Ys and Her Bells')
- Important places
- France; Duchy of Brittany ('The Beloved Duchess Anne'); Nantes, Brittany ('The Beloved Duchess Anne'); Rennes, Brittany ('The Beloved Duchess Anne'); The Royal Château of Blois, Blois, Central France ('The Beloved Duchess Anne'); Saint-Jean-du-Doigt (Saint John of the Finger | 'The Beloved Duchess Anne') (show all 39); the church at Saint-Jean-du-Doigt village, Brittany ('The Beloved Duchess Anne'); Provence, France ('The Princess Who Became a Shepherdess'); Jerusalem ('The Princess Who Became a Shepherdess'); Aigues-Mortes, Gard, Occitanie, France ('The Princess Who Became a Shepherdess'); Alsace, France ('The Baleful Cart'); Brumath (here called 'Brumpt' | 'The Baleful Cart'); Touraine, Centre-Val de Loire, France ('Her Friend and Her Flag'); Tours, capital of Touraine, France ('Her Friend and Her Flag'); Reims Cathedral, Reims, France ('Her Friend and Her Flag'); Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France ('Her Friend and Her Flag'); Burgundy, France ('Beware of the Chest'); Pernette's parents house, Burgundy ('Beware of the Chest'); Pistol's house, in a town distant from Pernette's family, Burgundy ('Beware of the Chest'); Martinique, a French Caribbean island ('The Little Girl From the Island'); Tuileries Palace, Paris, France ('The Little Girl From the Island'); Notre Dame, Paris, France ('The Little Girl From the Island'); Château de Malmaison, near Paris, France ('The Little Girl From the Island'); Montauban, France ('The Priest in His White, Woolen Garment'); Albi, Occitanie, France ('The Priest in His White, Woolen Garment'); La Bonne Galette (Henri's bake shop, 'The Faithful Little Squire'); Henri's inn ('The Faithful Little Squire'); Gaul, also spelled Gaule, old name for France ('Geneviè | ve! The Huns Are Coming!'); Nanterre, village near Lutèce/Paris ('Geneviè | ve! The Huns Are Coming!'); Lutèce, Gaul or Gaule, old name for Paris ('Geneviè | ve! The Huns Are Coming!'); Geneviève's house in Lutèce ('Geneviè | ve! The Huns Are Coming!'); Châlons-sur-Marne, France, became Châlons-en-Champagne in 1995 ('Geneviè | ve! THAC!'); St. Geneviève's shrine, Saint-Étienne-du-Mont Church, Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, Paris; the Devil's Pit, possibly the Baie des Trépassés, or the Bay of the Dead, Brittany (Y a h B); the little path by Thomas' Field between the sea and a small village, Brittany (Y a h B); the city of Ys, Brittany ('Ys and Her Bells'); the city of Is, another name for Ys, Brittany ('Ys and Her Bells'); the city of Kêr-Is, another name for Ys, Brittany ('Ys and Her Bells'); Ville d'Ys, French for city of Ys, Brittany ('Ys and Her Bells')
- Important events
- Pope Urban II's speech at the Council of Clermont (1095-11-27); First Crusade (1096-08-15 | 1099-08-12); the French Revolution (1789-05-05 - 1799-11-09); the Reign of Terror (1793-09-05 - 1794-07-27); Coronation of Charles VII of France (1429-07-17); Execution of Joan of Arc (1431-05-30) (show all 9); Coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte (1804-12-02); Napoleon and Josephine divorce (1810-01-10); Battle of Châlons-sur-Marne (451-06-20)
- First words
- SHE was a fine duchess, that beloved Anne of Brittany, and a real one too; so much so that thick books of history have been written about her.
('The Beloved Duchess Anne')
NOW, the story I am going to tell you is a true story.
('The Princess Who Became a Shepherdess')
IF ANYBODY should ask you what Alsace is like, just tell them it's a free French land, which got French and free at the same time.
('The Baleful Cart')
I HAVE thought and thought before deciding, among the fine old legends they have in Touraine, which I ought to choose and tell you. ('Her Friend and Her Flag')
THE French people of Burgundy could not be called mystics, by any means, although they have given the earth its fieriest monk, Saint Bernard, and Lamartine, its dreamiest poet.
('Beware of the Chest')
I WILL not tell you her name -- that is to say, not now.
('The Little Girl From the Island') (show all 10)
NOW, don't call the story I am going to tell you a sad story, because it is not sad, and if you think it is you will be wrong, not I or the story.
('The Priest in His White, Woolen Garment')
NOW, I am going to tell you another story of those times when knights roamed over the world in quest of wrongs to right and tremendous risks to run.
('The Faithful Little Squire')
WHEN you go to Paris, as I hope some day you will, do not fail to climb the quaint, narrow streets which lead to the hill called by the name of France's earliest saint.
('Geneviève! The Huns Are Coming!')
DO YOU know how quaint they are, those folk from Brittany?
('Ys and Her Bells') - Quotations
- [What the Bishop would say at the coronation of a Duke of Brittany]
'Here we give thee this holy sword, in the name of God and of my Lord Saint Peter, as we have done to all the dukes of Brittany, ever since the beginnin... (show all)g of the world. And that means thou art thyself a high and powerful Lord to render justice, to protect the Church, and guard all these poor people committed to thy care. And please God thou doesn't it well, for the good of their souls and of thine own, because He will ask thee about it on the last day.'
('The Beloved Duchess Anne')
And he began throwing every possible article right into the middle of the hall; then he stamped upon the whole lot, using such profane language that Pernette gazed and gasped -- and laughed, as if she were so tickled by the n... (show all)ewness of it all.
('Beware of the Chest') - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)You see, Saint John the Baptist had cured her soul together with her goiter, and her soul he had cured for good.
('The Beloved Duchess Anne')
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The story does not tell, but my idea is that she did not long survive that first look of his. ('The Princess Who Became a Shepherdess')
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It has become a closed carriage too -- so much the better for the passers-by and for the monstrous man inside, doomed to drive alone, with his head severed, for so long.
('The Baleful Cart')
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And Joan felt ready for paradise. ('Her Friend and Her Flag')
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But the success must have been complete and lasting because 'Beware of the chest' promptly became a popular saying, over there, in Burgundy, among those sensible people who believe in square shoulders and in a strong jaw, despite Lamartine and Saint Bernard.
('Beware of the Chest')
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)They even say that sometimes, of a misty twilight, if you look at the green mirror, in the deserted ballroom, you can see the end of a scarf floating about the empty air.
('The Little Girl From the Island')
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And I should never call that sad, never, even if it were.
('The Priest in His White, Woolen Garment')
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He was now wondering what paradise would taste like, after this.
('The Faithful Little Squire')
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)You know -- they failed, once more.
('Geneviève! The Huns Are Coming!')
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)If there is no sin in your heart, you will even hear the bells, those bells which the Lord liked so much that He has sheltered them down there in the abyss, where they keep ringing forever to Him alone forever.
('Ys and Her Bells')
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