parsonage-steps

Updated: May 16, 2025

And then, amidst the final gasp of the flowers, Albine died. About three o'clock the next afternoon, La Teuse and Brother Archangias, who were chatting on the parsonage-steps, saw Doctor Pascal's gig come at full gallop through the village. The whip was being vigorously brandished from beneath the lowered hood. 'Where can he be off to at that rate? murmured the old servant.

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