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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 454

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s, parchments and mapsof the heavens, all scattered about in studied confusion. The Queen first demanded to be shown the horoscopes ofher four sons, but the result filled her with dismay. They wereall, it appeared, to wear royal crowns (the Duke dAlenqon didnot, however), yet all were to die young… … CHAUMONT The astrologer then led her to a mirror, in which, he said, shewould see reflected the future kings of France; each wouldmake as many turns as the number of years he was destinedto reign. Catherine waited anxiously, and presently a languid, melan-choly figure drifted across the mirrors…

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