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38 BRADSHAW THE BETRAYER.
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.+. " Oh Doricles ! Your Praises Are Too...
sort of croaking voice that suited his general appearance . " Monsieur is a stranger . Monsieur admires the Cathedral . Bienl
Monsieur has discernment , and the Cathedral is superb . We have nothing finer in FranceMonsieur . Our tracery is unique ; our
nave is admirable ; our , stained glass is of the first quality , and upwards of six centuries old . Before the high altar of this
Cathedral , Monsieur , our good King Louis XII ., surnained the father of his people , married Madame la Princesse Mary of England . "
" Yes , and died of gaiety and late hours in less than half-a-year , " said I . "A pretty lesson to old gentlemen of seventy-three who
marry < c Plait young -il ? " ladies croaked of nineteen the verger ! " , greatly puzzled ; for this part of
the story was not included in his lesson . " And have you nothing to show ? " I asked . "No remarkable
tombs ? no pictures ? no statues ? " The verger fixed a knowing eye upon me , and looked more
birdlike than ever . " The treasury , Monsieur ; the episcopal jewels ; the relics , the and
inestimable relics ! the great toe of Saint Celestine of Cressy _, the tongs with which St . Dunstan took the devil by the nose .
Tickets at two francs each . " " Lead the "way , " said I , pulling out my two francs : " lead the inestimable relics !
way But , and instead hand of over leading the said ticket the he 'way . the Let , he us drew see back the cannot , and hesitated be shown . to "
" Unfortunately , " , " treasury fewer than _& ve persons . If Monsieur has friends in Abbeville , or if Monsieur has no objection to pay for the five tickets—"
francs " Pay for for St Rve . Dunstan tickets ' s , tongs indeed , and ! " I St echoed . Somebody , indi ' gnantl s toe ! y . I would "Ten
not The buy verger them shrugged at the price his ! shoulders " , and considered .
" There were two pious pilgrims here this morning , " he said , " both devoutldesirous of admission . They will return to-morrow ;
andif Monsieur y will leave me his address , it is possible that we may be enabled , between this and then , to make up the party . "
I scribbled , the name of my hotel on the back of my card , left it in his keepingand wandered out again into the streets .
I cannot say , that I was delighted with Abbeville . Mr . Murray did not insist that I should beand I had left Mr . Bradshaw locked
, tip in my portmanteau . The squares were grass-grown , the canals were foul and weedy , the public buildings were dirty and
dilapidatedand the houses all looked as if they had turned their backs to the streets , . It may be gloriously picturesque , and I have no doubt
that it was a charming town in the estimation of Samuel Prout , Esquirebutfor own partI am not enthusiastic about gutters
and gables ; , and , object ray to a population , composed exclusively of old
¦ women .
38 Bradshaw The Betrayer.
38 BRADSHAW THE BETRAYER .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1858, page 38, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031858/page/38/
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