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Yet we of Ambialet have a better right to be proud, since the wonder that encircles us is not of man's making but a miracle of God: although," and here Pere Philibert swung about and fixed his eyes on the baker "our local pride in Ambialet and its history, and its institutions and its immemorial customs, are of no moment to M. Champollion, who comes, I think, from Rodez or thereabouts."
And this, of course, was Ambialet again; but the King of Youth had given orders to clear the streets, close the inns, and extinguish all flambeaux; so that as the guards marched Tibbald on the cliffway to the chateau, never a suspicion had he that this sleeping town was the same he had left in uproar.
"'It is very simple, said the Viscount. 'Our law requires that any man bringing alien wine into the Viscounty shall suffer its confiscation, and pay a fine equal to its market price. "The merchant flung himself upon his knees. "'My lord, my lord! he pleaded, 'I am a poor man. I have not the money. I brought nothing save this wine to Ambialet. "'The day is breaking, said the Viscount.
There were further charges and counter-charges as that the widow's Cochin-China cock had been found with its neck wrung; and that she, as sage femme, and the only one in Ambialet, had denied her services to Madame Champollion at a time when humanity should override all private squabbles. Brother Marc Antoine rubbed his hands and repeatedly smote Zephirine on the flank.
On the road to Villefranche, about half a mile from Ambialet, is a mine which has been abandoned from time immemorial, and which the inhabitants say was worked by the English for gold.
"They rose together and made obeisance as the Viscount walked to his throne at the head of the table; and said he, seating himself "'Messieurs, I regret to break in upon your consultations, but an outrage has been committed in my town of Ambialet, demanding full and instant punishment.
It is such fellows as you that gave the Prussians our provinces, and now you must settle here, turning our stomachs upside down honest stomachs of Ambialet." "Bah!" exclaimed Champollion defiantly. "You! a sage femme qui ne fonctionne pas, d'ailleurs!" So the storm broke, and so for ten good minutes it raged.
It shows that the idiom of Southern Gaul in the twelfth century was a little nearer the Latin than that which is spoken now. The document is full of curious information. It tells us that the inhabitants of Ambialet were liable to be fined if they did not keep the street in front of their houses clean.
"'But here is witchcraft! cried he, spreading out both hands and groping with them, like a man in a fit. 'Two good leagues at the least have I travelled downstream from Ambialet "His speech failed. "'And still art face to face with thy wickedness, the Viscount concluded for him. 'Pay us speedily, Master Tibbald, lest Our Lady work more miracles upon thee.
Now, as I had already seen these night-poachers at work on the Tarn, I may as well describe their method here. I was walking one dark night on the bank of the river near Ambialet, when a glare of lurid light suddenly shot up from the water some distance in front of me, illuminating the willows, and even the black woods, on each side of the gorge.
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