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'When the morning came, the servants all assembled, and their lord having arisen from bed they came to him and said, "Sir, have you also heard that which we have heard this night?" And the Sieur de Corasse hid it in his heart and answered, "No; what have you heard?" And they told him how that all the furniture was thrown down, and all the kitchen pots had been broken.
You promised to show yourself to me yesterday, and you never appeared." "Never appeared," said he. "But I did, by my faith." "You did not." "And did you see nothing," said Orthon, "when you leapt from your bed?" 'The Sieur de Corasse thought for a little; then he answered.
"Monseigneur," said the Chevalier, "thus will I do." 'Thus the Sieur de Corasse was served by Orthon, and that for long.
"Is it true, think you, Sanchez?" "True! why, man, I have seen the Chateau de Corasse, seven leagues from Orthes!" "And what think you was Orthon?" "It is not for me to say; but, you see, there are some who stand fair in men's eyes, who have strange means of gaining intelligence! It will be a merit to weigh down a score of rifled Priests, if we can but circumvent a wizard such as this!"
One day when the Sieur de Corasse was with the Comte de Foix, the talk fell upon Orthon, and suddenly the Count inquired, "Sieur de Corasse, have you never seen your messenger?" 'He answered, "No, by my faith, Monseigneur, and I have never even asked to." "Well," he replied, "it is very strange.
But he did not forget what he had told the Sieur de Corasse when he bade him farewell; for three months after, when he expected it least, there came to the castle of Corasse, while the Chevalier was quietly sleeping, certain invisible messengers, who began to throw about all that was in the castle, till it seemed as if, truly, nothing would be left standing.
"Yes," he replied; "as I was sitting on my bed and thinking of you, I noticed two long straws on the floor twisting about and playing together." "That was I," said Orthon. "That was the form I had taken upon me." 'Said the Sieur de Corasse: "That is not enough. You must take another form, so that I may see you and know you."
'The varlets departed and loosened the dogs, and urged them to attack the sow, which uttered a great cry and looked at the Sieur de Corasse, who stood leaning against one of the posts of his chamber. They saw her no more, for she vanished, and no man could tell whither she had gone.
If he had been as friendly to me as he is to you, I should long ago have begged him to show me who and what he is. And I pray that you will do all you can, so that I may know of what fashion he may be. You tell me that his speech is Gascon, such as yours or mine." "By my faith," said the Sieur de Corasse, "it is only the truth.
Thereon he drew me apart into a corner of the castle chapel, and then began his tale, and spoke thus: 'It may be twenty years since there reigned here a baron named Raymond, lord of Corasse, a town and castle seven leagues from Orthez.
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