Somefearedforbrideandbridegroomyet；andguessAtstrangemischance。”Inthenightcrieswereheard，”
Othershadseensomeshadowsonthewall，inwondrousways。
LivesPascalyet?NonedarestodressThespicybroth，[11]toleavebesidethenuptialdoor；
Andsoanotherhourgoeso’er。
Thenfloatsalovelystrainofmusicoverhead，Asweetrefrainoftheardbefore，’Tistheaoubado[12]offeredtothenewly-wed。
Sothedooropesatlast，andtheyoungpairwasseen，Sheblushedbeforethefolk，butfriendlyhandandmien，Thefragmentsofhergartergives，Andeverywomantworeceives；
Thenwinksandwordsofruthfromeyeandliparepassed，AndluckofproudPascalmakesenviousallatlast，Forthepoorlads，whoseheartsarehealedbutslightly，Oftheirfirstferventpain，WhentheyseeFranconnette，blossomingrose-lightbrightly，Alldewyfresh，sosweetandsightly，Theycryaloud，”We’llne’erbelieveaSorcereragain！”
FootnotestoFRANCONNETTE。
[1]BlaisedeMontluc，MarshalofFrance，wasoneofthebitterestpersecutorsoftheHugueuots。Towardstheendofthesixteenthcentury，AgenwasacentreofProtestantism。Thetownwastakenagainandagainbythecontendingreligiousfactions。
WhenMontlucretooktheplace，in1562，fromTruelle，theHuguenotcaptain，hefoundthattheinhabitantshadfled，andtherewasnoonetobutcherGascogneetLanguedoc，parPaulJoanne，p。95。MontlucmadeupforhisdisappointmentbylayingwastethecountrybetweenFumelandPenne，townstothenorthofAgen，andslayingalltheHuguenots——men，women，andchildren——onwhomhecouldlayhishands。HethenreturnedtohiscastleofEstillac，devotedhimselftoreligiousexercises，and”tookthesacrament，”saysJasmin，”whilehishandsweredrippingwithfraternalblood。”Montlucdiedin1577，andwasburiedinthegardenofEstillac，whereamonument，theruinsofwhichstillexist’，waserectedoverhisremains。
[2]JourdeDieu！
[3]Wehr-wolves，wizardwolves——loup-garou。SuperstitionsrespectingthemareknowninBrittanyandtheSouthofFrance。
[4]MissHarriettW。Preston，inherarticleonJasmin’sFranconnetteintheAtlanticMonthlyforFebruary，1876，says：”Thebuscou，orbusking，wasakindofbee，atwhichtheyoungpeopleassembled，bringingthethreadoftheirlatespinning，whichwasdividedintoskeinsofthepropersizebyabroadthinplateofsteelorwhalebonecalledabusc。Thesamething，underpreciselythesamename，figuredinthetoiletsofourgrandmothers，andhence，probably，theScotchuseoftheverbtobusk，orattire。”JamiesonScottishDictionarysays：”ThetermbuskisemployedinabeautifulproverbwhichisverycommonlyusedinScotland，’Abonnybrideissoonbusked。’”
[5]MissPrestonsaysthiswasacustomwhichprevailedincertainpartsofFrance。ItwascarriedbytheFrenchemigrantstoCanada，whereitflourishedinrecenttimes。TheSacramentalBreadwascrownedbyoneormorefrostedorotherwiseornamentedcakes，whichwerereservedforthefamilyoftheSeigneur，orothercommunicantsofdistinction。
[6]AtNotreDamedeBonEncontre，achurchinthesuburbsofAgen，celebratedforitslegends，itsmiracles，andthenumerouspilgrimageswhichareusuallymadetoitinthemonthofMay。
[7]TheAngelswalkedinprocession，andsangtheAngelosattheappropriatehours。
[8]TheancientparishchurchofRoquefort，whoseruinsonlynowremain。Seetextfortheeffectsofthestorm。
[9]DounzelisthewordusedbyJasmin。MissH。W。Prestonsaysofthispassage：”ThereissomethingessentiallyknightlyinPascal’scastofcharacter，anditissingularthat，atthesupremecrisisofhisfate，heassumes，asifunconsciously，theveryphraseologyofchivalry。’Somesquiredounzelshouldfollowmetodeath，’&c。，andwefinditaltogethernaturalandburninginthehigh-heartedsmith。TherearemanyplaceswhereJasminaddresseshishearersdirectlyas’Messieurs，’wherethecontextalsomakesitevidentthatthewordisemphatic，thatheisdistinctlyconsciousofaddressingthosewhoareabovehiminrank，andthatthepropertranslationis’gentles，’oreven’masters’；yetnopoeteverlivedwhowaslessofasycophant。”
[10]Lowsedasthesieveismadeofrawsilk，andisusedforsiftingflour。Ithasalsoasingularuseinnecromancy。
Whenonedesirestoknowthenameofthedoerofanact——atheftforinstance——thesieveismadetorevolve，butwoetohimwhosenameisspokenjustasthesievestops！
[11]Anancientpractice。LouTourrinnoubial，ahighly-spicedonionsoup，wascarriedbytheweddinggueststothebridegroomatalatehourofthenight。
[12]Theaoubado——asongofearlymorning，correspondingtotheserenadeoreveningsong。
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