miroir

Updated: May 13, 2025

Wandering along lonesome paths or in pathless forests, when I have come to virgin fountains of which it would have been pleasant to deem myself the first discoverer, I have started to find Monsieur du Miroir there before me. The solitude seemed lonelier for his presence.

Nathaniel Hawthorne - Monsieur du Miroir (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")

Some genealogists trace his origin to Spain, and dub him a knight of the order of the CABALLEROS DE LOS ESPEJOZ, one of whom was overthrown by Don Quixote. But what says Monsieur du Miroir himself of his paternity and his fatherland?

Nathaniel Hawthorne - Monsieur du Miroir (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")