Novels And Romances of the Author of Waverley, volume 24
Novels And Romances of the Author of Waverley, volume 24
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Observing this peculiarity, I backed out of the candid confession which my vanity had meditated, and engaged the Marquis in ficur- ther remarks on the mansion of his ancestors* " There," he said, '* was the theatre where my &ther used to procure an order for the special attendance of some of the principal actors of ^e Comedie Fran9oise, when the King and Madame Pompadour more than once visited him at this place ; — yonder, more to the cen- tre, was the Baron's hall, where his feudal ju- risdict...ion was exercised when criminals were to be tried by the Seigneur or his bailiff; for we-had^ like your old Scotch nobles, the right of pit and gallows, or fossa cumjurca, as the civilians term it ; — beneath that lies the Ques- tion-chamber, or apartment for torture ; and, 7 Digitized by VjOOQIC INTBODUCTION. 133 truly, I am sorry a right so liable to abuse should have been lodged in the hands of any living creature* But/' he added> with a feeling of dignity derived even from the atrocities which his ancestors had committed beneath the grated windows t-o which he pointed^ '^ such is the effect of superstition^ that^ to this day^ the peasants dare not approach the dungeons^ in which^ it is said^ the wrath of my ancestors had perpetrated^ in former times^ much cruelty." As we approached the window, while I ex- pressed some curiosity to see this abode of ter« ror, there arose from its subterranean abyss a shrill shout of laughter, which we easily de- tected as produced by a group of plajrful chil- dren, who had made the neglected vaults a theatre, for a joyous romp at Colin Maillard.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Observing this peculiarity, I backed out of the candid confession which my vanity had meditated, and engaged the Marquis in ficur- ther remarks on the mansion of his ancestors* " There," he said, '* was the theatre where my &ther used to procure an order for the special attendance of some of the principal actors of ^e Comedie Fran9oise, when the King and Madame Pompadour more than once visited him at this place ; — yonder, more to the cen- tre, was the Baron's hall, where his feudal ju- risdict...ion was exercised when criminals were to be tried by the Seigneur or his bailiff; for we-had^ like your old Scotch nobles, the right of pit and gallows, or fossa cumjurca, as the civilians term it ; — beneath that lies the Ques- tion-chamber, or apartment for torture ; and, 7 Digitized by VjOOQIC INTBODUCTION. 133 truly, I am sorry a right so liable to abuse should have been lodged in the hands of any living creature* But/' he added> with a feeling of dignity derived even from the atrocities which his ancestors had committed beneath the grated windows t-o which he pointed^ '^ such is the effect of superstition^ that^ to this day^ the peasants dare not approach the dungeons^ in which^ it is said^ the wrath of my ancestors had perpetrated^ in former times^ much cruelty." As we approached the window, while I ex- pressed some curiosity to see this abode of ter« ror, there arose from its subterranean abyss a shrill shout of laughter, which we easily de- tected as produced by a group of plajrful chil- dren, who had made the neglected vaults a theatre, for a joyous romp at Colin Maillard.
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