The Divided Horsecloth part 8
“Fair, sweet son, my heart trembles within me, so greatly do I dread the cold. Give me, then, the cloth you spread upon your...
The Divided Horsecloth part 7
“Ah, fair, sweet son, what is this thou sayest to me! For the love of God turn me not from thy door. I lie...
The Divided Horsecloth part 6
Thus before the witnesses he divested himself utterly of all his wealth, and became naked as a peeled wand in the eyes of the...
The Divided Horsecloth part 5
The eldest of these brothers had a daughter, but the mother of the maid was dead. Now this damsel owned in Paris a certain...
The Divided Horsecloth part 4
For very greatly are those loved and esteemed by their fellows who are courteous in speech` and address. He who has fair words in...
The Divided Horsecloth part 2
With the opening of the Seventeenth Century the short story was overshadowed by the drama and the long-winded sentimental ro¬mance, although such writers as...
The Divided Horsecloth part 1
France
There are probably more short stories, as there is assuredly a longer and more continuous development of the form, in the French than in...
Guzman and my Lord Cardinal part 4
Upon this the men of physic again consulted, and at length came to the resolution of pocketing their fees, “secundum artem.” Being all of...
Guzman and my Lord Cardinal part 3
“You cannot be serious,” said the first speaker. “By St. Comus, I know something of ulcers; and here, I maintain it, we have a...
Guzman and my Lord Cardinal part 2
He was obeyed; and, oh, charity! how didst thou shame those lordly prelates who think Heaven in debt to them, if they do but...
