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There were many who were like her, and there were those of whom I have spoken who were pleureuses, never hoping anything, doing little, bewailing themselves and their hard fate. Some of them we employed to carry the provisions to Semur, and this amused them, though the heaviness of the baskets made again a complaint.
There was nothing else talked of in Semur all that night, as may well be imagined. My own mind was extremely uneasy.
Not till long after did I know all the reports that went abroad. It was said that there had been fighting in Semur, and that we were divided into two factions, one of which had gained the mastery, and driven the other out.
These four walled-in towns or citadels, perfect as when they represented mediaeval defence, are Carcassonne, Provins in the Brie, Semur in upper Burgundy, and the Breton Guerande, scene of Balzac's Beatrix.
He survived his sentence only one year, and died in the Burgundian monastery of Semur. He loved to declaim against princes and great men, and obscured his literary glory by his bitter invectives. Certainly the judgment of posterity has not fulfilled the proud boast of his epitaph. He died from the chagrin and disappointment which his misfortunes caused.
The seat at the door, and that point where the road turned, where there was always so beautiful a view of the valley and of the town of Semur were constantly occupied by groups of poor people gazing at the darkness in which their homes lay. It was strange to see them, some kneeling and praying with moving lips; some taking but one look, not able to endure the sight. I was of these last.
'You have enough on your hands at La Clairière, he said; and then, leaning upon the stones, he began to write again with his pencil. After a time, when he stopped, I ventured to ask 'Monsieur Lecamus, is it, indeed, Those whom we have known, who are in Semur? He turned his dim eyes upon me. 'Does Madame Dupin, he said, 'require to ask? 'No, no. It is true. I have seen and heard.
But strength and prudence melt away when one indulges one's self, even in one's dearest affections. I had to call my guardians together, to put mastery upon myself, that a just vigilance might not be relaxed. Before night three parts of the population had returned to Semur, and the houses were all lighted up as for a great festival.
Her eyes turned from Semur, all lost in the darkness, to the sky above us and to me beside her, all confused and bewildered; and the children clung to her, all in tears, crying with that wail which is endless the trouble of childhood which does not know why it is troubled. 'Maman!
This all became clear to me as I sat and pondered, while the morning light grew around me, and the sun rose and shed his first rays, which are as precious gold, on the summits of the mountains for at La Clairière we are nearer the mountains than at Semur. The house was more still than usual, and all slept to a later hour because of the agitation of the past night.
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