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Title: Wanderings by the Loire
Year: 1833 (1830s)
Authors: Ritchie, Leitch, 1800?-1865 Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
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Publisher: London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman Paris : Rittner and Goupil
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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tracted by the presence of a new Eve. But I say,Pierre, you may as well be off, and warm your limbs atthe guard-room fire ; for, by the blessed mass ! yourvoice sounded just now as if it came from the grave.Here, continued he, approaching, here is a mouth-ful of the true stuff, out of my own flask, just to keepbody and soul together; and he raised his lantern tothe face of his comrade. Alls well, quotha! said he. By the holySaint Barnabas, it is a pretty saying to come from amouth like that! Open thy monumental lips, old lad,and receive the stream of life ! — but never stare atme in that fashion, with eyes that look like a coupleof gooseberries ! Come, wilt not drink ? Then jog,with a murrion on thee! O Christ, what is this!Speak, if thou beest a living man — cry ails well!a«;ain, if thou croak it like a toad ! Pierre !— and histeeth chattered audibly in his head, as the convictiongathered upon his mind that he was addressing a deadman. He lowered his lantern, and saw a line of
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THE PIRATE OF THE LOIRE. 173 congealed blood upon the breast; at the sight, shakingas with an ague, he sank upon his knees, and began tostammer forth a pater noster. At that instant thecorpse fell prostrate upon him. All was silent. Thebold robber had fainted. Sir Roland and his mistress pursued their flightmore leisurely, but scarcely less cautiously; and by thetime that it was fairly daylight, they had gained thebanks of the Loire, at a considerable distance below thebridge. Here they embarked in the first trading vesselthat passed; and the young knight landed his mistressin safety on his patrimonial estate near Nantes. The above circumstances led eventually to the de-struction of the robber ; for the Duke Pierre de Dreux,in revenge for the insult offered to his kinswoman,as well as prompted in some measure by private ambi-tion, led his arms against the pirate of the Loire. Hetook the castle by assault, after a siege in which manyof the defenders were slain ; and in reward for these

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