Excerpt: ...in their love of such displays. Long ago their country was oppressed by the Spaniards, who killed and tortured many 46 of them without mercy. But that made no difference, and their sorrows were soon forgotten if their conquerors provided some pageant to amuse them. A circus procession of buffoons, with dromedaries, elephants, sham giants, and pasteboard whales and dragons, seems to have consoled them for all their misery. 47 CHAPTER IX THE STORY OF ST. EVERMAIRE: A COUNTRY PAGEANT Once upon a time there was a ...
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Excerpt: ...in their love of such displays. Long ago their country was oppressed by the Spaniards, who killed and tortured many 46 of them without mercy. But that made no difference, and their sorrows were soon forgotten if their conquerors provided some pageant to amuse them. A circus procession of buffoons, with dromedaries, elephants, sham giants, and pasteboard whales and dragons, seems to have consoled them for all their misery. 47 CHAPTER IX THE STORY OF ST. EVERMAIRE: A COUNTRY PAGEANT Once upon a time there was a good man called St. Evermaire, who went on a pilgrimage to a part of Belgium called the Hesbaye, which is near the River Meuse. As he and his companions were journeying along, they came, when it was growing dark one evening, to a great wood. Being afraid of losing their way, they went to a village to ask for shelter. This village belonged to a fierce robber, called Hacco, and it was at his door that the pilgrims knocked. The door was opened by Hacco's wife, who received them kindly, but told them that her husband was a robber, and that, though he was away from home, it would not be safe for them to remain there long. So very early next morning, as soon as it was light, they went into the wood, and lay down to sleep beside a fountain among the trees. They had scarcely gone when Hacco, who had been out all night looking for people to rob, came home. When he heard about the strangers who had just left, he flew into a terrible rage, and went to look for them. He soon found them fast asleep in the wood, 48 and killed them. Then he tore off their clothes, and left their bodies lying on the ground. A CH
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