A tour through the Pyrenees . h day the jailer saw all themeats that had been served in a corner, and wentand told it to the count, llie count was againenraged, like a beast of prey who encounters a 76 THE VALLEY OF OSSAU. Book II. remnant of resistance after it has once been sati-ated ; without saying- a word, he came to theprison, holdinor l)y the point a small knife with which he was cleaninghis nails. Then, striking-his fist upon his sonsthroat, he pushed himrudely as he said: Ha,traitor, why dost thounot eat ? and went awaywithout saying knife had touched anartery; the youth, fri
A tour through the Pyrenees . h day the jailer saw all themeats that had been served in a corner, and wentand told it to the count, llie count was againenraged, like a beast of prey who encounters a 76 THE VALLEY OF OSSAU. Book II. remnant of resistance after it has once been sati-ated ; without saying- a word, he came to theprison, holdinor l)y the point a small knife with which he was cleaninghis nails. Then, striking-his fist upon his sonsthroat, he pushed himrudely as he said: Ha,traitor, why dost thounot eat ? and went awaywithout saying knife had touched anartery; the youth, fright-ened and wan, turnedwith(nit a word to theother side of the bed,shed his blood and died. 1 he count was grievedbeyond measure when heheard of this, for theseviolent natures felt onlywith excess and by contrasts ; ht; had himself sha-ven and clothed in black. The body of the \outhwas l)orne, with tears and lamentations, to thechurch of the Augustine Friars at Orthez, where itwas buried.* Hut such murders left an ill-healed. * The passai^es from Froissart are from the version of Thomas NorU: J. Wincliester, New World Press. Chap. I. DAX.— ORTHEZ. 77 wound in the heart ; the dull pain remained, andfrom time to time some dark shadow crossed the
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