Mateo Falcone part 3
On a certain day in autumn, Mateo set out at an early hour with his wife to visit one of his flocks in a...
Mateo Falcone part 2
When I was in Corsica in 18—, Mateo Falcone had his house half a league from this maquis. He was rich enough for that...
Mateo Falcone part 1
Prosper Merimee (1803—1870)
Born in Paris in 1803, Merimee spent the greater part of his life in the government service and in travelling. In later...
A Terribly Strange Bed part 15
The smothering canopy was then lowered, but not so noiselessly as I had seen it lowered. When I mentioned this to the Sub-prefect, his...
A Terribly Strange Bed part 14
Away we went through the streets, the Sub-prefect cross-examining and congratulating me in the same breath as we marched at the head of our...
A Terribly Strange Bed part 13
To some men the means of escape which I had discovered might have seemed difficult and dangerous enough—to me the prospect of slipping down...
A Terribly Strange Bed part 12
But ere long all thought was again suspended by the sight of the mur-derous canopy moving once more. After it had remained on the...
A Terribly Strange Bed part 11
Without stopping to draw my breath, without wiping the cold sweat from my face, I rose instantly on my knees to watch the bed-top....
A Terribly Strange Bed part 10
Looking for what?Good God! the man had pulled his hat down on his brows! No! the hat itself was gone! Where was the conical...
A Terribly Strange Bed part 9
This picture put a kind of constraint upon me to look upward too— at the top of the bed. It was a gloomy and...
