The Falcon part 3
She then said to her son, “My dear son, be comforted, and get well, for I promise you that the first thing in the morning, I will go myself for the falcon, and bring...
The Falcon part 2
Being thus unable to live any longer in the city in the style he was accustomed to, and being more than ever enamored of the lady, he departed to his little estate in the...
The Falcon part 1
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
Boccaccio is one of the supreme figures in Italian literature. Great as a reformer of the language, he was at the same time a born teller of tales. He tells us that...
The Mysterious Mansion part 10
When the wall was about half-way up, the sly workman took advantage of a moment when the Count`s back was turned, to strike a blow with his trowel in one of the glass panes...
The Mysterious Mansion part 9
The Count had lately had all the ceilings of his reception rooms on the ground floor repaired. Plaster of Paris is difficult to obtain in Ven- dome; the carriage raises its price. The Count...
The Mysterious Mansion part 8
At these words Madame de Merret turned a haggard gaze upon her husband.
“Here, take your crucifix,” he added. “Swear to me before God that there is no one in there; I will believe you,...
The Mysterious Mansion part 7
His unmistakable step resounded under the vaulted corridor. At the moment that the Count turned the handle of his wife`s door, he fancied he could hear the door of the closet I spoke of...
The Mysterious Mansion part 6
One morning I said to Rosalie: “Tell me all you know about Madame de Merret.”
“Oh!” she replied in terror, “do not ask that of me, Monsieur Horace.”
Her pretty face fell—her clear, bright color faded—and...
The Mysterious Mansion part 5
After exchanging a few more words with me, my landlady left me a prey to vague and gloomy thoughts, to a romantic curiosity, and a religious terror not unlike the profound impression produced on...
The Mysterious Mansion part 4
After that, one of our stable-men told us that in the evening when he led the horses to the water, he thought he had seen the Spanish grandee swimming far down the river like...
