Tales Of A Traveller, By Washington Irving

















































































































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She had a right to our hospitalities, continued the little Marquis,
drawing himself up with a slight degree of stateliness - Page 23
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"She Had A Right To Our Hospitalities," Continued The Little Marquis, Drawing Himself Up With A Slight Degree Of Stateliness, "For She Was Related To Our Family.

I'll tell you how it was:

Her father, Henry de Bourbon, Prince of Conde - "

"But did the Duchess pass the night in the chateau?" said my uncle rather abruptly, terrified at the idea of getting involved in one of the Marquis's genealogical discussions.

"Oh, as to the Duchess, she was put into the apartment you occupied last night; which, at that time, was a kind of state apartment. Her followers were quartered in the chambers opening upon the neighboring corridor, and her favorite page slept in an adjoining closet. Up and down the corridor walked the great chasseur, who had announced her arrival, and who acted as a kind of sentinel or guard. He was a dark, stern, powerful-looking fellow, and as the light of a lamp in the corridor fell upon his deeply-marked face and sinewy form, he seemed capable of defending the castle with his single arm.

"It was a rough, rude night; about this time of the year. - Apropos - now I think of it, last night was the anniversary of her visit. I may well remember the precise date, for it was a night not to be forgotten by our house. There is a singular tradition concerning it in our family." Here the Marquis hesitated, and a cloud seemed to gather about his bushy eyebrows. "There is a tradition - that a strange occurrence took place that night - a strange, mysterious, inexplicable occurrence."

Here he checked himself and paused.

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