American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 292
pitulation, which Madame La Tour accepted to save the lives ofthe few brave men who had defended the place against such a superior force. Charnise,however, had hardly entered the fort, when he repented having signed a formal treaty witha woman, who had no other resources for defending the place… … His doublet loose, his right arm backward flung,His left caressing close his long-necked lute. Drawn by Sheppard. whom he granted an exemption, on condition of his becoming the executioner of his comrades.Not satisfied with this act of barbarity, Charnise compelled Madame La Tour to witness…
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