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The châteaux of Touraine (1906)

Lansdale, Maria Hornor, b. 1860, Guérin, Jules Vallée, 1866-1946, Mills, Harold Palmer. fmo · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 326

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at theair twice with his outstretched arms, then fell heavily to thefloor at the very foot of the Kings bedstead. There was a moment of absolute silence; then the door atthe farther end of the room was softly pushed open, the hang-ings were drawn aside and the crazy face of the King, well-nigh as… … BLOIS only Henry dared to glide in and to stand gazing down at hisenemy. Mon Dieu! he exclaimed, How big he is! and he stirredthe body with his foot. Meantime a tumult had broken out in the Council chamber.At the first sound of the scuffle, Cardinal Guise and the Arch-bishop of Lyons had been…

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