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Rennet Cousin went in search of the chest of tools for the night man, under the shed of the Pillar-House He drew froainst the gallows Five or six of the provost's men armed themselves with picks and crowbars, and Tristan betook himself, in company with them, towards the
"Old woman," said the provost, in a severe tone, "deliver up to us that girl quietly"
She looked at him like one who does not understand
"~Tête Dieu~!" continued Tristan, "why do you try to prevent this sorceress being hung as it pleases the king?"
The wretched wohter"
The tone in which she pronounced these words made even Henriet Cousin shudder
"I aood pleasure"
She cried, redoubling her terrible laugh,-"What is your king to hter!"
"Pierce the wall," said Tristan
In order to e one course of stone below theWhen theher fortress, she uttered a terrible cry; then she began to stride about her cell with frightful swiftness, a wild beasts' habit which her cage had i, but her eyes flamed The soldiers were chilled to the very soul
All at once she seized her paving stone, laughed, and hurled it with both fists upon the work (for her hands trembled), touched no one, and fell short under the feet of Tristan's horse She gnashed her teeth
In the h the sun had not yet risen, it was broad daylight; a beautiful rose color enlivened the ancient, decayed chimneys of the Pillar-House It was the hour when the earliest s of the great city open joyously on the roofs Some workmen, a few fruit-sellers on their way to the an to traverse the Grève; they halted for a roup of soldiers clustered round the Rat-Hole, stared at it with an air of astonishone and seated herself by her daughter, covering her with her body, in front of her, with staring eyes, listening to the poor child, who did not stir, but who keptin a low voice, these words only, "Phoebus! Phoebus!" In proportion as the work of the demolishers seemed to advance, the irl closer and closer to the wall All at once, the recluse beheld the stone (for she was standing guard and never took her eyes fro the workers Then she aroused fro the last few moments, cried out, and as she spoke, her voice now rent the ear like a saw, then sta to her lips to burst forth at once