. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . On the (^uai Grands Auoustins. JEAN SANS PEUR 125 companions rushed in howling like wolves and indulgedin the most uncouth gestures and jokes. The Duke ofOrleans, drawing too near with a torch to discover theiridentity, set fire to the tow and in a second they wereenveloped in so many shirts of Nessus. Unable to fling offtheir blazing dresses they madly ran hither and thither,suffering the most excruciating agony and uttering piteouscries. The king happened to be near the young Duchessof Berri who, with
. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . On the (^uai Grands Auoustins. JEAN SANS PEUR 125 companions rushed in howling like wolves and indulgedin the most uncouth gestures and jokes. The Duke ofOrleans, drawing too near with a torch to discover theiridentity, set fire to the tow and in a second they wereenveloped in so many shirts of Nessus. Unable to fling offtheir blazing dresses they madly ran hither and thither,suffering the most excruciating agony and uttering piteouscries. The king happened to be near the young Duchessof Berri who, with admirable presence of mind, flung herrobe over him and rescued him from the flames. Oneknight saved himself by plunging into a large tub of waterin the kitchen, one died on the spot, two died on the secondday, another lingered for three days in awful torment. Thehorror of the scene so afl^ected Charles that his madnessreturned more violently than ever. The bitterness of the avuncular factions was now intensi-fied. The House of Burgundy by marriage and other meanshad grown to be o
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