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BOOK I
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BOOK II
[I] [II][III] [IV][V] [VI][VII] [VIII][IX] [X][XI]
BOOK III
[I] [II][III] [IV][V] [VI][VII] [VIII][IX] [X].
LAZARRE
He mounted toward the guardians of the imperial court andfortune was with him
Lazarre
By
Mary Hartwell Catherwood
With illustrations
By André Castaigne
The Bown-Merrill Company
Publishers
1901
LAZARRE
PRELUDE
ST. BAT'S
"My name is Eagle," said the little girl.
The boy said nothing.
"My name is Eagle," she repeated. "Eagle de Ferrier. What isyour name?"
Still the boy said nothing.
She looked at him surprised, but checked her displeasure. He wasabout nine years old, while she was less than seven. By the dimlight which sifted through the top of St. Bat's church he did notappear sullen. He sat on the flagstones as if dazed and stupefied,facing a blacksmith's forge, which for many generations hadoccupied the north transept. A smith and some apprentices hammeredmeasures that echoed with multiplied volume from the Norman roof;and the crimson fire made a spot vivid as blood. A low stone arch,half walled up, and blackened by smoke, fra