. Our home in Aveyron : with studies of peasant life and customs in Aveyron and the Lot . THE CALVARY. 91 Sissie kissed the cross, receiving his especial bles-sing, and kissing his hand like the others. Thelittle darling does not think he is a man at all, andhas, in some inexplicable fashion, got her ideas ofhim mixed up with those she has of the Saviour,perhaps because she hears both spoken of as Mon- seigneur. A little while ago there was a religious revival atSt Martins, and all the village was converted ; and,in memory of the event, erected a Calvary on thetop of the steep hill behind our
. Our home in Aveyron : with studies of peasant life and customs in Aveyron and the Lot . THE CALVARY. 91 Sissie kissed the cross, receiving his especial bles-sing, and kissing his hand like the others. Thelittle darling does not think he is a man at all, andhas, in some inexplicable fashion, got her ideas ofhim mixed up with those she has of the Saviour,perhaps because she hears both spoken of as Mon- seigneur. A little while ago there was a religious revival atSt Martins, and all the village was converted ; and,in memory of the event, erected a Calvary on thetop of the steep hill behind our house. Along thepath through the vines are some fifteen crosses, atregular intervals, leading to the crown of the hill,where are three larger crosses of plain wood, thecentre one bearing a well-carved image of stand boldly out against the sky, and are to-night illuminated and garlanded with little lamps,as are each of the smaller or station crosses. Un-fortunately for the success of the illuminations, theparish lantern (the moon, according to our nativedialect) shines bri
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