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'This time�察�at least��' said he�察�'there shall be no mistake。'
And he limped along�察�for he was very rheumatic�察�for about half a
mile�察�and until I was almost within sight of Cheylard�察�the
destination I had hunted for so long。
CHEYLARD AND LUC
CANDIDLY�察�it seemed little worthy of all this searching。 A few
broken ends of village�察�with no particular street�察�but a succession
of open places heaped with logs and fagots�察�a couple of tilted
crosses�察�a shrine to Our Lady of all Graces on the summit of a
little hill�察�and all this�察�upon a rattling highland river�察�in the
corner of a naked valley。 What went ye out for to see�拭�thought I
to myself。 But the place had a life of its own。 I found a board�察�
commemorating the liberalities of Cheylard for the past year�察�hung
up�察�like a banner�察�in the diminutive and tottering church。 In
1877�察�it appeared�察�the inhabitants subscribed forty´eight francs
ten centimes for the 'Work of the Propagation of the Faith。' Some
of this�察�I could not help hoping�察�would be applied to my native
land。 Cheylard scrapes together halfpence for the darkened souls
in Edinburgh�察�while Balquhidder and Dunrossness bemoan the
ignorance of Rome。 Thus�察�to the high entertainment of the angels�察�
do we pelt each other with evangelists�察�like schoolboys bickering
in the snow。
The inn was again singularly unpretentious。 The whole furniture of
a not ill´to´do family was in the kitchen�此 �the beds�察�the cradle�察�
the clothes�察�the plate´rack�察�the meal´chest�察�and the photograph of
the parish priest。 There were five children�察�one of whom was set
to its morning prayers at the stair´foot soon after my arrival�察�and
a sixth would ere long be forthcoming。 I was kindly received by
these good folk。 They were much interested in my misadventure。
The wood in which I had slept belonged to them�察�the man of
Fouzilhac they thought a monster of iniquity�察�and counselled me
warmly to summon him at law ´ 'because I might have died。' The
good wife was horror´stricken to see me drink over a pint of
uncreamed milk。
'You will do yourself an evil��' she said。 'Permit me to boil it
for you。'
After I had begun the morning on this delightful liquor�察�she having
an infinity of things to arrange�察�I was permitted�察�nay requested�察�
to make a bowl of chocolate for myself。 My boots and gaiters were
hung up to dry�察�and�察�seeing me trying to write my journal on my
knee�察�the eldest daughter let down a hinged table in the chimney´
corner for my convenience。 Here I wrote�察�drank my chocolate�察�and
finally ate an omelette before I left。 The table was thick with
dust�察�for�察�as they explained�察�it was not used except in winter
weather。 I had a clear look up the vent�察�through brown
agglomerations of soot and blue vapour�察�to the sky�察�and whenever a
handful of twigs was thrown on to the fire�察�my legs were scorched
by the blaze。
The husband had begun life as a muleteer�察�and when I came to charge
Modestine showed himself full of the prudence of his art。 'You
will have to change this package��' said he�察�'it ought to be in two
parts�察�and then you might have double the weight。'
I explained that I wanted no more weight�察�and for no donkey
hitherto created would I cut my sleeping´bag in two。
'It fatigues her�察�however��' said the innkeeper�察�'it fatigues her
greatly on the march。 Look。'
Alas�察�there were her two forelegs no better than raw beef on the
inside�察�and blood was running from under her tail。 They told me
when I started�察�and I was ready to believe it�察�that before a few
days I should come to love Modestine like a dog。 Three days had
passed�察�we had shared some misadventures�察�and my heart was still as
cold as a potato towards my beast of burden。 She was pretty enough
to look at�察�but then she had given proof of dead stupidity�察�
redeemed indeed by patience�察�but aggravated by flashes of sorry and
ill´judged light´heartedness。 And I own this new discovery seemed
another point against her。 What the devil was the good of a she´
ass if she could not carry a sleeping´bag and a few necessaries�拭 �I
saw the end of the fable rapidly approaching�察�when I should have to
carry Modestine。 AEsop was the man to know the world� �I assure
you I set out with heavy thoughts upon my short day's march。
It was not only heavy thoughts about Modestine that weighted me
upon the way�察�it was a leaden business altogether。 For first�察�the
wind blew so rudely that I had to hold on the pack with one hand
from Cheylard to Luc�察�and second�察�my road lay through one of the
most beggarly countries in the world。 It was like the worst of the
Scottish Highlands�察�only worse�察�cold�察�naked�察�and ignoble�察�scant of
wood�察�scant of heather�察�scant of life。 A road and some fences
broke the unvarying waste�察�and the line of the road was marked by
upright pillars�察�to serve in time of snow。
Why any one should desire to visit either Luc or Cheylard is more
than my much´inventing spirit can suppose。 For my part�察�I travel
not to go anywhere�察�but to go。 I travel for travel's sake。 The
great affair is to move�察�to feel the needs and hitches of our life
more nearly�察�to come down off this feather´bed of civilisation�察�and
find the globe granite underfoot and strewn with cutting flints。
Alas�察�as we get up in life�察�and are more preoccupied with our
affairs�察�even a holiday is a thing that must be worked for。 To
hold a pack upon a pack´saddle against a gale out of the freezing
north is no high industry�察�but it is one that serves to occupy and
compose the mind。 And when the present is so exacting�察�who can
annoy himself about the future��
I came out at length above the Allier。 A more unsightly prospect
at this season of the year it would be hard to fancy。 Shelving
hills rose round it on all sides�察�here dabbled with wood and
fields�察�there rising to peaks alternately naked and hairy with
pines。 The colour throughout was black or ashen�察�and came to a
point in the ruins of the castle of Luc�察�which pricked up
impudently from below my feet�察�carrying on a pinnacle a tall white
statue of Our Lady�察�which�察�I heard with interest�察�weighed fifty
quintals�察�and was to be dedicated on the 6th of October。 Through
this sorry landscape trickled the Allier and a tributary of nearly
equal size�察�which came down to join it through a broad nude valley
in Vivarais。 The weather had somewhat lightened�察�and the clouds
massed in squadron�察�but the fierce wind still hunted them through
heaven�察�and cast great ungainly splashes of shadow and sunlight
over the scene。
Luc itself was a straggling double file of houses wedged between
hill and river。 It had no beauty�察�nor was there any notable
feature�察�save the old castle overhead with its fifty quintals of
brand´new Madonna。 But the inn was clean and large。 The kitchen�察�
with its two box´beds hung with clean check curtains�察�with its wide
stone chimney�察�its chimney´shelf four yards long and garnished with
lanterns and religious statuettes�察�its array of chests and pair of
ticking clocks�察�was the very model of what a kitchen ought to be�察�a
melodrama kitchen�察�suitable for bandits or noblemen in disguise。
Nor was the scene disgraced by the landlady�察�a handsome�察�silent�察�
dark old woman�察�clothed and hooded in black like a nun。 Even the
public bedroom had a character of its own�察�with the long deal
tables and benches�察�where fifty might have dined�察�set out as for a
harvest´home�察�and the three box´beds along the wall。 In one of
these�察�lying on straw and covered with a pair of table´napkins�察�did
I do penance all night long in goose´flesh and chattering teeth�察�
and sigh�察�from time to time as I awakened�察�for my sheepskin sack
and the lee of some great wood。
OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS
'I behold
The House�察�the Brotherhood austere ´
And what am I�察�that I am here��'
MATTHEW ARNOLD。
FATHER APOLLINARIS
NEXT morning ��Thursday�察�20th September�� I took the road in a new
order。 The sack was no longer doubled�察�but hung at full length
across the saddle�察�a green sausage six feet long with a tuft of
blue wool hanging out of either end。 It was more picturesque�察�it
spared the donkey�察�and�察�as I began to see�察�it would ensure
stability�察�blow high�察�blow low。 But it was not without a pang that
I had so decided。 For although I had purchased a new cord�察�and
made all as fast as I was able�察�I was yet jealously uneasy lest the
flaps should tumble out and scatter my effects along the line of
march。
My way lay up the bald valley of the river�察�along the march of
Vivarais and Gevaudan。 The hills of Gevaudan on the right were a
little more naked�察�if anything�察�than those of Vivarais upon the
left�察�and the former had a monopoly of a low dotty underwood that
grew thickly in the gorges and died out in solitary burrs upon the
shoulders and the summits。 Black bricks of fir´wood were plastered
here and there upon both sides�察�and here and there were cultivated
fields。 A railway ran beside the river�察�the only bit of railway in
Gevaudan�察�although there are many proposals afoot and surveys being
made�察�and even�察�as they tell me�察�a station standing ready built in
Mende。 A year or two hence and this may be another world。 The
desert is beleaguered。 Now may some Languedocian Wordsworth turn
the sonnet into PATOIS�此 �'Mountains and vales and floods�察�heard YE
that whistle��'
At a place called La Bastide I was directed to leave the river�察�and
follow a road that mounted on the left among the hills of Vivarais�察�
the modern Ardeche�察�for I was now come within a little way of my
strange destination�察�the Trappist monastery of Our Lady of the
Snows。 The sun came out as I left the shelter of a pine´wood�察�and
I beheld suddenly a fine wild landscape to the south。 High rocky
hills
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