. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. dark. v-^ She is frightened and longs to hurry home. But,— her glance fellupon the pail before her. Such was the fright that the thought ofMine. Thenardier inspired, that she dared not fly without the pail of seiied the handle with both hands. She had difficulty in even lifting thepail. She took thus a doien steps, but the pail was full; it was heavy ; shewas obliged to set it on the ground. She took breath an instant, then tookhold of the handle again and resumed her walk, this time a little she had to stop again. A
. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. dark. v-^ She is frightened and longs to hurry home. But,— her glance fellupon the pail before her. Such was the fright that the thought ofMine. Thenardier inspired, that she dared not fly without the pail of seiied the handle with both hands. She had difficulty in even lifting thepail. She took thus a doien steps, but the pail was full; it was heavy ; shewas obliged to set it on the ground. She took breath an instant, then tookhold of the handle again and resumed her walk, this time a little she had to stop again. After some seconds of rest, she started oncemore. She walked bending forward, like an old woman, the weight of thewater strained and stiffened her meagre arms. The iron handle frosted herlittle wet hands ; from time to time she had to stop, and whenever she stopped,the water that overflowed the pail splashed her bare legs. This happened inthe midst of a wood, at night, in winter, far frotn human sight, to a childeight years old. Hugos Les COTYTTO 265 COUETAIN Cotytto, Groddess of the Edoni ofThjaee. Her orgies resembled those ofthe Thracian Cybele (3 syl.). Hail goddess of nocturnal sport,Dark-veiled Cotytto, to whom the secret flameOf midnight torches burns. MUton, Gomus, 136, etc. (1634.) Coiilin, a British giant pursued byDebon till he came to a chasm 132 feetacross which he leaped; but slipping onthe opposite side, he fell backwards intothe pit and was killed. And eke that ample pit yet far renownedFor the great leap which Debon did compeU CouHn to make, being eight lugs of grownd,Into which the returning back he fell. Spencer, Faery Queen, ii. 10 (1590.) Count of Narbonne, a tragedy byRobert Jephson (1782). His father, CountRaymond, having poisoned Alphonso,forged a will barring Godfreys right,and naming Raymond as fell in love with Adelaide, thecounts daughter, but was reduced to thisdilemma: if he married Adelaide hecould not challenge th
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