A tour through the Pyrenees . rminedto be patient, as he had so often been among theSaracens, and waited. All the poor of the neighborhood were gatheredtogether, and Bos placed himself among was not humble as the good king Saint Louis,who washed the feet of the beggars; he washeartily ashamed of walking among these pouch-bearers, these maimed and halt, with crooked legsand bent backs, ill clad in poor, torn and patchedcloaks, and in rags and tatters ; but he was stillmore ashamed when, in passing over the moat filledwith clear water, he saw his burnt face, his locksbristling Hke the ha
A tour through the Pyrenees . rminedto be patient, as he had so often been among theSaracens, and waited. All the poor of the neighborhood were gatheredtogether, and Bos placed himself among was not humble as the good king Saint Louis,who washed the feet of the beggars; he washeartily ashamed of walking among these pouch-bearers, these maimed and halt, with crooked legsand bent backs, ill clad in poor, torn and patchedcloaks, and in rags and tatters ; but he was stillmore ashamed when, in passing over the moat filledwith clear water, he saw his burnt face, his locksbristling Hke the hair of a wild beast, his haggardeyes, his whole body wasted and bruised ; then heremembered that his only garment was a torn sack 398 BA GNERES AND L UCHON. Book IV. and the skin of a great goat, and that he was morehideous than the most hideous beggar. Thesecried aloud the praises of the wedded ones, whileBos ground his teeth with rage. They followed the lofty corridor, and Bos sawthrough the door the old banqueting hall. His. arms still hung there ; he recognized the antlers ofstags that he had shot with his bow, the heads ofbears that he had slain with his boar-spear. Thehall was full; the joy of the banquet rose highbeneath the vault; the wine of Languedoc flowedgenerously in the cups, the guests were drinkingthe health of the betrothed. The lord of Angleswas talking very low to the beautiful lady, who
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