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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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