Lansdale, Maria Hornor, b. 1860 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 112
eat against their prison bars likecaged animals. Almost everyone to-day visits these so-calledunderground prisons, whose windows face the west, in themorning; in the afternoon no lantern is needed. LudovicoSforzas frescoes, though high up against the ceiling, can beexamined without difficulty, and… … LOCHES repeated by others, is told of a discovery made by a certainPontbriand, Governor of Loches under Louis XII, a verycurious man who wanted to pry into every secret dungeon andpassage-way in the castle. While investigating one day theGovernor found a heavy iron door securely fastened; he…
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