The Waldorf family . er ground. Indeed, Iremember hearing that at a distance of twenty feetfrom the water line, and lying under some fifteen 132 -rgs^b? feet of earth, a fine tessellated or inlaid pavementhad been discovered. These remains seem to provethe existence of an old city, which was probably aRoman colony. If you will take the trouble to re-fer to any large map of France, you will see theexact position which Kens is supposed to haveoccupied, now covered by the waters of the bay Ihave already named. The imagination of thestory-teller has, from age to age, embellished thetradition of it
The Waldorf family . er ground. Indeed, Iremember hearing that at a distance of twenty feetfrom the water line, and lying under some fifteen 132 -rgs^b? feet of earth, a fine tessellated or inlaid pavementhad been discovered. These remains seem to provethe existence of an old city, which was probably aRoman colony. If you will take the trouble to re-fer to any large map of France, you will see theexact position which Kens is supposed to haveoccupied, now covered by the waters of the bay Ihave already named. The imagination of thestory-teller has, from age to age, embellished thetradition of its destruction, until it has now becomea wild and fanciful legend, which I will repeat toyou, with all its details, as I once heard it relatedin a Breton cottage, within sound of the moaningwaters of the bay, and almost within reach of thespray thrown up by the driving tempest. The children settled themselves in an attitudeof attention, and the old man began the legend. 133 I ] msas OR, THE PRINCESS OF THE GOLDEN KEYS.
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