Chapter IX: A Night in the Fortress of Fear

EPILOGUE — RONCESVALLES — A. D. 778.

A TOUR THROUGH THE PYRENEES By Hippolyte Adolphe Taine With Illustrations by GUSTAVE DORÈ ILLUSTRATIONS. THE PINES. 003 THE RIVER AFTER A STORM. 004 THE PINES NEAR ROYAN 007 THE BROAD RIVER. 009 BORDEAUX 010 TAIL-PIECE 011 LES LANDES 012 LES LANDES (SECOND VIEW) 014 TAIL-PIECE 016 A STREET IN BAYONNE. 018 BAYONNE HARBOR 019 PÉ DE PUYANE 022 THE BURNING CASTLE 025 HEAD-PIECE 035 THE PIERCED ROCK 036 TAIL-PIECE 039 THE VILLA EUGENIE. 040 CLIFFS NEAR SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ. 042 COAST NEAR SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ 045 TAIL-PIECE 046 LOUIS XIV. AND ANNE OF AUSTRIA 047 THE POLITENESS OF TO-DAY 048 THE POLITENESS OF OTHER DAYS 049 “JE VOUS LE RENDS.”. 053 A SPLENDID CREATION. 054 DAX. 057 CASTLE OF ORTHEZ 061 FROISSART. 062 “THAT STOUT CORNIFIC DOCTOR” 066 COUNT DE FOIX AT SUPPER. 068 THE COUNT DE FOIX’S HOSPITALITY. 071 A FRENCH “CONDUCTOR” 072 “FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE DO NOT KILL GASTON” 074 GASTON IN THE TOWER OF ORTHEZ. 076 COUNT DE FOIX. 077 TAILPIECE. 078 CHAPTER-HEADING. 079 THE VALLEY OF OSSAU. 082 A DESTRUCTION OF SENTIMENT 084 AVENUE OF THE CHATEAU AT PAU 085 ARMS OF HENRY IV 087 COURT OF THE CHATEAU AT PAU. 088 PAU. 090 JEANNE D’ALBRET. 092 A MORNING’S SPORT. 094 IN THE STREETS Of EAUSE. 097 SULLY. 100 MARGUERITE OK NAVARRE. 104 ENTERTAINING THE LADIES. 106 THE PARK AT PAU. 108 PROTRACTING A REVERIE. 109 PIC DU MIDI OSSAU. 111 AN EXHORTATION 113 NEAR GAN 114 THE VALLEY OK OSSAU. 115 ROAD TO EAUX BONNES. 116 THE PROMENADE. 117 NEAR EAUX BONNES 118 A RAINY DAY AT EAUX BONNES 119 TAKING THE WATERS. 121 TAKING THE WATERS (SECOND VIEW). 122 “MUSIC HAITI CHARMS” 123 A NATIVE GENIUS. 125 DOLCE FAR NIENTE. 126 OUR AMATEURS 127 THE BEECHES. 128 THE SUMMIT OF THE GER. 131 TAIL-PIECE 133 THE ART OK PLEASURE. 134 THE “JEU DU CANARD”. 135 PLEASURE WITHOUT THE ART 137 “A LANDSCAPE”. 138 EXCELSIOR. 139 THE VALENTIN FALLS AT DISCOO 140 CASCADE OF THE VALENTIN. 142 PATH TO THE GORGE OF THE SERPENT 144 THE GAVE 146 A DISTANT TALE 148 SOLITUDE 150 A WATER POWER. 152 THE MIGHTY STREAM. 155 'PAPI’ 157 A TOO DISTANT LANDSCAPE. 159 A VANTAGE-POINT. 161 THE PEAKS. 163 ABOVE GABAS. 166 “TO HIM WHO, IN LOVE OF NATURE”. 168 AMONG THE CLOUDS 169 ROUTE TO EAUX CHAUDES. 170 ON THE ROAD TO EAUX CHAUDES. 171 “A WILD AND SUNNY NEST”. 174 “COLD AND SAD” 175 NEAR EAUX CHAUDES. 177 “EGYPT BEFORE THE COMING OF WARRIORS”. 182 SOMEBODY’S JOVE. 185 THE INHABITANTS. 186 FIDDLERS THREE 187 “A SORT OF ROUNDELAY”. 189 “THEY CLUMSILY BENT THE KNEE”. 192 “FIVE OR SIX OLD WOMEN”. 194 THE PEAK OF THE GER. 196 MEETING A LADY 200 A STOCK-DEALER 200 YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT. 201 DISINTERESTED HOSPITALITY. 201 AN AMATEUR SKETCH. 203 THE DEATH OF ROLAND. 206 “A WELL-TO-DO PEASANT” 207 CHIVALRIC WAR. 209 SCIENTIFIC WAR 209 THE BATTLE OF RONCEVAUX. 212 “WHEN FIGHTING IS TO BE DONE”. 214 HENRY OF BEARN 215 “AT THE HEAD OF THE ARMY”. 217 “VERY DARING”. 219 MLLE. DE SÉGUR 220 GASSION’S BOB-TAIL 222 ON THE WAY TO LUZ. 225 A SMILING COUNTRY. 226 “WHAT WE ALL HEARD THIS NIGHT”.- 228 ORTHON’S TRANSFORMATION. 234 LETTING THE DOGS LOOSE 235 “THE RACE OF FAMILIARS AND FAIRIES”. 237 A BROODING SUPERSTITION, 238 CHAPEL OF LESTELLE 240 NEAR LOURDES 242 GORGE OF PIERREFITTE 243 “HEAVY CLOUDS ROSE IN THE SKY” 248 OLD HOUSE OF THE TEMPLARS AT LUZ 250 RUIN OF A CHATEAU NEAR LUZ 253 MAX GETS FROM THE DESERT AS MUCH AS HE CAN 257 THE VALLEY OF LUZ. 259 PROGRESS 261 SAINT-PIERRE 263 “THIS HEIGHT IS A DESERT”. 264 “NO ONE COMES” 265 SAINT-SAUVEUR. 267 THE GAVE AT SUNSET 272 RUNNING WATERS 274 “THE POPLARS RISE ONE ABOVE ANOTHER” 275 BAREGES. 277 THE MILITARY HOSPITAL. 278 TAIL-PIECE 279 THE FIRS 283 “OUT FROM THE CIVIL WARS”. 287 “THESE OLD WASTED MOUNTAINS” 288 MADAME DE MAINTENON. 289 A FEW BLANDISHMENTS. 290 THE PATIENTS OF THE OLDEN TIME 291 THE LAKE OF GAUBE. 293 DIANA. 295 NEAR PONT D’ESPAGNE. 299 STORM AT CAUTERETS 302 VALLEY OF THE GAVE IN A STORM. 304 NEAR THE LAKE OF GAUISE. 307 CAUTERET’S 311 THE FOAMING GAVE 313 HENRY IV AND FRANCIS I 314 A FRESHETT IN THE MOUNTAINS 315 “A HORRIBLE WORLD” 316 ABBEY OF SAINT-SAVIN 318 CASCADE OF CERLSEY, NEAR PONT D’ESPAGNE. 320 PRAYER 325 ENJOYING HIE SCENERY 326 A MOUNTAIN FUNERAL 328 BRIDGE AT SCIA 330 VILLAGE OF GEDRES. 333 CHAOS. 337 “THE TUMBLED ROCKS”. 339 SIECHEUR 342 THE MOUNTAIN SIDE. 343 THE FRECHE DE ROLAND 344 THE AMPHITHEATRE NEAR GAVARNIE 346 “THE THIRTEENTH CASCADE ON THE LEFT” 347 THE CASCADE AS SEEN FROM THE INN 349 RECIPROCITY. 351 THE APPRECIATIVE 352 ASCENT OF THE BERGONZ. 354 THE EAGLES 355 MONT PERDU 359 AN EARLY INHABITANT. 362 SCENERY DURING AN ASCENT 365 “ALLEZ DOUCEMENT; ALLEZ TOUJOURS”. 366 A STIMULATING DREAM. 367 THE PINES. 369 A SHOWER IN A FOREST OF BRUSH-FIRS 373 CONTEMPLATION. 376 A POOR DANCER. 377 “THE ISARD DWELLS ABOVE THE BEAR”. 378 AN ARGUMENT. 379 A HERD OF GOATS. 381 “THE HAPPIEST ANIMAL IN CREATION”. 383 DISTINGUISHED NATIVES. 386 IN MOUNT CAMPANA 389 DE BÉNAC IN EGYPT. 390 “THEY TRAVERSED A WALL OF CLOUDS”. 395 “MORNING DAWNED” 396 “THE HALL WAS FULL”. 398 “STRANGE IMAGES ROSE IN HIS BRAIN” 399 BÉNAC A HERMIT 403 BEYOND LOURDES 404 CITY OF TORBES 406 MEPHISTOPHELES 411 BAGNÈRES DE-BIGORRE. 412 ONE OF THE FIRST PATRONS 419 SOCIETY. 420 AN OLD CAMPAIGNER. 422 A YOUNG CAMPAIGNER 422 A MAN OF PEACE 422 A MODEL MAN. 423 IN DANGER.:. 424 VARIOUS TOURISTS 428 THE LAC D’OO 431 TOURISTS COMME IL FAUT 434 FAMILY TOURISTS. 435 DINING TOURISTS. 436 LEARNED TOURISTS 438 A MAN OF ESPRIT. 444 CONNOISSEURS 446 BEETHOVEN. 447 A SERENADER. 454 A HISTORIAN. 456 A PROFESSIONAL CHARACTER 458 THE PLEASURES OF WINTER. 461 A DISCUSSION WITHIN BOUNDS 463 HEAVEN 464 THE SOURCE OF THINGS 466 GRACE AT MEAT. 467 THE REST OF THE WEARY. 468 AT THE HOTEL OF THE GREAT SUN. 470 NEAR LUCHON. 473 CHAPELLE AND LACHAUMONT. 476 VALLEY OF LUCHON 481 URBS IN REVRE. 484 HEAD-PIECE 485 A TALENTED FAMILY. 487 LUCHON 491 BAGNERES 493 “ALL WAS IN HARMONY” 495 NEAR CASTEL-VIEIL. 497 RUINS OF CASTEL-VIEIL. 499 THE MALADETTA. 503 “THESE MOUNTAIN SKELETONS” 505 “A CLEFT IN THE ETERNAL ROCK”. 507 TAIL-PIECE 508 HEAD-PIECE 509 ST. BERTRAND DE COMINGES 510 TOULOUSE 512 SAINT SERININE AT TOULOUSE 515 CHURCH OF ST. ETIENNE, TOULOUSE. 519 THE MUSEUM AT TOULOUSE 521

MYTHS OF THE RHINE Illustrated by Gustave Doré

ILLUSTRATIONS Father Rhine. .003 The impassive historian . .004 Vast forests as old as the world .005 The first pioneers. .007 The Celts were a people from India. .009 What happy people scholars are. .010 A horrible custom .019 Dead man’s trees. .022 The Druids now appear for the first time in Germany .023 The other chieftains were generally polygamists .031 Courts of justice were always held under an elm tree. .032 Attempt to murder the mayor . .033 Mistletoe an officinal and sacred plant .035 Gauls .037 Serpents’ knots .038 Prophetic trembling and neighing. .041 A Druid teacher . .044 The Germans were in full flight . .046 The bloody knife of the Druids .052 I turn my steps from the sacred precincts .055 Who are these other soldiers? .057 These laborers seem to suffer from some restraint .058 I look around for a resting-place . .059 A shepherd. .060 The guard of a sword, which had been driven into the ground .061 The shepherd,—as mournful as ever .063 Herds of swine are wallowing .066 A young wife bearing the burden of united household .067 Happiness consists in the fulfillment of duty . .068 Such were the ways of our fathers: rejoice in facing death. .069 The Druidical altars. .070 As there is no window I peep through the trap-door. .072 One of the chief men of the country . .075 She was a young Ionian girl, a country-woman of Aspasia .080 The boudoir of a Celtic lady. .082 The Druid-bard. .085 Death of Druids .091 A Druidess endowed with the gift of prophecy .093 The victorious march of the Romans .094 Her deities personified nothing but vices . .096 The Hercules—so called. .098 Mercury, the son of Jupiter . .099 “O Varus, Varus, bring me back my legions!” .103 Perhaps the old river remembered his grievances .105 They made him a king, the King of German rivers .106 He had already allowed Jupiter to cross .107 The vines began to adorn the banks of the river .108 Once more caresses had their hoped-for effect .109 He did his best to help everybody across. .110 Fnvolous and ill-mannered deities .110 The dauntless pirates will end by wearing white night-caps. .113 The great Northern Tempest .115 The German Druids gave way. .117 Iormungondur, the great sea serpent .118 The giant Ymer has been born. .123 The first men had been born with a telescope in their pocket? .127 Ymer was the first to succumb .128 After the giants came the turn of land and sea monsters .129 The new creation was assuming a more pleasing appearance. .132 Deer, eland, and aurochs were bounding in herds .133 Incessantly a tiny squirrel comes and goes. .136 A vulture perching upon the loftiest top of the sacred tree .137 Thor’s weighty hammer Mjoïner .139 The good Freyr seated at Odin’s table .141 Portrait of Freyr .142 Bragi and the beautiful Freya . .147 Return of the eagle with the three precious vessels .149 Balder, the bright god. .151 The wolf Fenris .156 Converse with each other by significative glances .159 They were the Norns .160 He took counsel with the Norns. .162 “To Egir, the seas and navigation”. .164 Gefione took her four sons and changed them into oxen .165 Jarl, the noble .171 The Valkyrias . .175 Beautiful nymphs of carnage .176 A very mammoth of a boar. .180 Feast in Scandinavian Paradise. .181 Hela, the pale goddess. .185 “Balder, fair Balder, is going to die”. .189 Loki succeeds in exhilarating even Odin himself .191 Balder is amused by the game. .192 When the mother told her pitiful tale the iron trees wept .197 The three sacred cocks announcing the Twilight of Greatness .202 The death of the gods .208 My VIIIth chapter is thus changed into a cenotaph .211 I like to glean a little where scholars have reaped .214 The two religions face to face. .217 Ovid reciting his “Metamorphoses” .219 Druidic worship suspended by the Romans .220 “Miserere mei, Jesu”. .222 Perkunos, Pikollos, and Potrympos .224 Puscatus,—a kind-hearted god .226 Monstrous reptiles accompany the gods to Germany. .227 He let his heavy mace fall upon a little town .238 The blacksmiths of Ilmarinnen .239 Marietta appeared in their midst. .245 “Do you think I am a man to be taken in ?”. .251 Horse-head, a la mode .253 The Undines mingled with the Tritons and the Naiads .258 Have transferred their Olympus to the Brocken .259 The Olympus of the North. .263 Able to see without being seen .266 Dance of the white fairies .269 The black fairies personify Nightmare . .271 An important personage with a will of his own . .272 Enormous toads are posted about.as watchmen .279 Elementary spirits of the water .283 Imaginary music . .288 The nix with the harp . .289 Schoolmaster’s son who had fallen in love with one of them. .291 He thought he saw a pale form arise from the waters .294 He rose suddenly and fled to another room . .295 The steward whispered some words in her ear . .297 Niord, the Scandinavian god . .299 This creature is Nixcobt. .300 The Vintner is hanged, and Nixcobt laughs heartily. .302 Four Prussian soldiers watching the water . .305 The Zotterais protected sheep . .309 The master has nothing to do. .315 Prefer to remember the Kobold a cheerful household companion. .317 The Zotterais as fond of stables as the Kobolds of kitchens .319 They are naturally easily tired . .321 The Killecroffs are children of the Devil . .322 His nurse has to be reinforced by two goats and a cow .324 The great Reformer, Dr. Martin Luther . .326 The fall of Killecroff .331 Giants and dwarfs .335 The last of the giants. .337 Grommelund and Ephesim .339 The humiliated giant. .340 Our good little dwarfs .341 He stood at first with his mouth wide open .346 A long and deep sigh of satisfaction. .348 Flight of the conspirators. .353 Kreiss slipped boldly into this vast and spacious cavity. .354 They fixed strong piles between the two rows of teeth .355 In his hand he held not a club but a lantern. .357 Kreiss compelled to leave his position by torrents of tears .359 The last two held each a long thorn in their hands. .361 Kreiss entering the great meeting hall. .363 Putskuchen was in love. .364 Ouadragant vanquished .367 The passing of the wizard . .371 Venus and Tannhàuser. .390 His ex-colleague Jupiter .396 The author pursues the subject .399 The conscientious collector of myths. .401 The Druidess transformed into an accursed witch .406 To return was as impossible as to proceed .409 She had rejoined her victims .413 He is the Lord Hackelberg .417 These ghosts can imitate all the motions of men .421 Farewell. .423

JAUFRY THE KNIGHT AND THE FAIR BRUNISSENDE A TALE OF THE TIMES OF KING ARTHUR By Mary Lafon Illustrated With Twenty Engravings By GUSTAVE DORE

ILLUSTRATIONS. .035 "Knight,” said Sir Jaufry, “thou dost press me sore”. .043 The wood and iron, for a cubit's length, pierced through the shoulder. . .053 "Good friend,” he then apostrophised the knight, “the passage now may be considered safe”. .054 "Halt, knight,” he cried; “I'll have a word with thee”. .060 A fierce wind, in passing, swept away the last memorial of the magic work. .082 Knights and burghers, minstrels, jugglers from all countries, hither trooping came .088 His troop returned, bearing him faint and bleeding. .094 "Heaven!” Sir Jaufry cried, “in thee I trust; what figure have we here?”. .110 Back returned the sable knight, hissing and growling as the thunder doth when tempests vex the air. .111 Jaufry with Augier's daughter rode away .117 I leave you to surmise the games and joy which at the castle on that day were seen .134 They sat them down in the great hall of the castle. .136 He his efforts used to save her with the butt-end of his lance. .140 All the train which called Sir Melyan lord escorted back in triumph to Montbran that happy pair

THE FABLES LA FONTAINE. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE BY WALTER THORNBURY, With Illustrations By Gustave Doré 1886

LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS 1 The Two Mules 9 The Swallow and the Little Birds 21 The Town Rat and the Country Rat 25 The Wolf and the Lamb 33 The Robbers and the Ass (To face page) 38 Death and the Woodcutter 41 The Wolf Turned Shepherd 49 The Oak and the Reed 60 The Council Held by the Rats 68 The Lion and the Gnat 77 The Lion and the Rat 85 The Hare and the Frogs 93 The Peacock Complaining to Juno 100 The Miller, His Son, and the Ass 109 The Frogs Who Asked For a King 117 The Fox and the Grapes 124 The Wolves and the Sheep 133 Philomel and Progne 140 The Cat and the Old Rat 148 The Lion in Love 157 The Shepherd and the Sea 164 The Monkey and the Dolphin 173 The Miser Who Lost His Treasure 181 The Eye of the Master 189 The Wolf, the Mother, and the Child 201 The Lark and Her Little Ones 213 The Woodman and Mercury 225 [Pg x] The Little Fish and the Fisherman 236 The Old Woman and Her Servants 249 The Horse and the Wolf 261 Fortune and the Little Child 273 The Doctors 285 The Hen With the Golden Eggs 293 The Stag and the Vine 301 The Eagle and the Owl 309 The Bear and the Two Friends 321 The Stag Viewing Himself in the Stream 329 The Countryman and the Serpent 341 The Sick Lion and the Fox 349 The Carter Stuck in the Mud 357 The Young Widow 369 The Animals Sick of the Plague 377 The Maiden 389 The Vultures and the Pigeons 397 The Milkmaid and the Milk-Pail 405 The Two Fowls 417 An Animal in the Moon 425 An Animal in the Moon (2) 429 The Fortune-Teller (illustration missing) 432 The Cobbler and the Banker 437 The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox 445 The Dog and His Master's Dinner 453 The Bear and the Amateur of Gardening 465 Tircis and Amaranth 473 The Rat and the Elephant 489 The Bashaw and the Merchant 497 The Torrent and the River 509 The Two Dogs and the Dead Ass 517 The Wolf and the Hunter 525 The Two Pigeons 537 The Madman Who Sold Wisdom 545 The Oyster and Its Claimants 557 Jupiter and the Traveller 569 The Cat and the Fox 581 [Pg xi] The Monkey and the Cat 593 The Two Rats, the Fox, and the Egg 609 The Cormorant and the Fishes 621 The Shepherd and the King 629 The Fish and the Shepherd Who Played on the Clarionet 641 The Two Adventurers and the Talisman 653 The Rabbits 665 The Lion 677 The Peasant of the Danube 689 The Old Man and the Three Young Men 701 The Owl and the Mice 709 The Companions of Ulysses 717 The Two Goats 729 The Sick Stag 741 The Eagle and the Magpie 757 Love and Folly 765 The Forest and the Woodman 777 The Fox and the Turkeys 789 The English Fox 801 The League of the Rats 813 Daphnis and Alcimadura 821 The Arbitrator, Almoner, and Hermit