This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ...had here an opportunity quite unexpectedly to show his courtesy to the fair sex. The Marchioness of Vinialet, whose son had been severely wounded at the battle of Udave, and for a time loft as dead on the field, came to see him at the ambulance of Lecumberri, and was on her way back to Biarritz when we met her at ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ...had here an opportunity quite unexpectedly to show his courtesy to the fair sex. The Marchioness of Vinialet, whose son had been severely wounded at the battle of Udave, and for a time loft as dead on the field, came to see him at the ambulance of Lecumberri, and was on her way back to Biarritz when we met her at Labaen. The brave lady had travelled on horseback, with a couple of guides, all the way from the fashionable sea-side place to the frontier of Guipuzcoa, and the best bed in the priest's house was, of course, given to her. On the next morning, when the troops marched off again and passed her window, she was made the object of an ovation which, I am sure, few women have ever received. But no fatigues or privations seemed to influence in any way the Carlists volunteers. Whenever there was no prohibition, singing and laughing were going on all day long, and when there was an hour to spare after dinner, or before nightfall, the fandango was snre to be seen danced somewhere in the village square, and ball-playing everywhere. At Erasun, half way between Labaen and Leisa, where we dined, or at least were supposed to dine, the mounted body-guards of Don Carlos gave us quite a performance in that way. A brass band, which usually played not only on entering and leaving the villages, but took advantage of every halt, began to play a national dancing tune, and nearly the whole of the horsemen of the escort set at once to dance the fandango, with tumblers half full of wine on their heads. The great thing is to clance so as not to lose a drop out of the tumbler, which result was attained with full success on this occasion, to the perfect delight of the population of Erasun, and to the apparent satisfaction of the Pretender himself, who was looking out of the win...
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