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Updated: May 31, 2025
Nature hath named strange fellows in her time; Some that will ever more peep through their eyes, And laugh like parrots at a bagpiper; And others of such vinegar aspect, That they'll not show their teeth in way of smile, Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable." The next forenoon Nicholas and his son left the inn in good time to keep their appointment.
"True, it is very old," said I thoughtfully; "it was known, I believe, to the Greeks, and we find mention of it in the Latin as 'tibia utricularia; Suetonius tells us that Nero promised to appear publicly as a bagpiper.
He said: 'Sorcerer or no, if this bagpiper speaks the truth, it was he who sent us this horrible vermin that he wants to rid us of to-day for money. Well, we must learn to catch the devil in his own snares. You leave it to me. 'Leave it to the Town Counsellor, said the citizens one to another. And the stranger was brought before them.
When the square was quite full the bagpiper faced about, and, still playing briskly, turned towards the river that runs at the foot of the walls of Hamel. Arrived there he turned round; the rats were following. 'Hop! hop! he cried, pointing with his finger to the middle of the stream, where the water whirled and was drawn down as if through a funnel.
"Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time, Some that will evermore peep through their eyes, And laugh like parrots at a bagpiper, And others of such a vinegar aspect That they'll not show their teeth by way of smile, Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable. "And now," continued he, addressing me, "what's your name, sir? Of what condition are you and of what place, I pray?"
The bagpiper announced that he would operate that very evening when the moon rose. He added that the inhabitants should at that hour leave the streets free, and content themselves with looking out of their windows at what was passing, and that it would be a pleasant spectacle. When the people of Hamel heard of the bargain, they too exclaimed: 'A gros a head! but this will cost us a deal of money!
The proceedings were necessarily quiet, and the president had introduced their guest to the meeting without Andrew's hearing a word. He was far away in a snow-swept University quadrangle on a windy night, when Mrs. Fawcett rose to her feet. Some one flung open the window, for the place was close, and immediately the skirl of a bagpiper broke the silence.
Dinorah suddenly appears and enters the cottage, and much to his alarm keeps him playing and singing, which leads to a very animated vocal contest between her and the bagpiper. It is abruptly terminated, however, by the arrival of Höel. Dinorah makes her escape by a window, and Höel relates to Corentin the story of the Korigans' treasure.
And hop! hop! without hesitating, the rats took the leap, swam straight to the funnel, plunged in head foremost and disappeared. The plunging continued thus without ceasing till midnight. At last, dragging himself with difficulty, came a big rat, white with age, and stopped on the bank. It was the king of the band. 'Are they all there, friend Blanchet? asked the bagpiper.
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