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El Verdugo - Katharine Prescott Wormeley
The Project Gutenberg EBook of El Verdugo, by Honore de Balzac
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Title: El Verdugo
Author: Honore de Balzac
Translator: Katharine Prescott Wormeley
Release Date: August, 1998 [Etext #1425]
Posting Date: February 24, 2010
Language: English
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EL VERDUGO
By Honore De Balzac
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
DEDICATION
To Martinez de la Rosa.
EL VERDUGO
The clock of the little town of Menda had just struck midnight. At that moment a young French officer, leaning on the parapet of a long terrace which bordered the gardens of the chateau de Menda, seemed buried in thoughts that were deeper than comported with the light-hearted carelessness of military life; though it must be said that never were hour, scene, or night more propitious for meditation. The beautiful sky of Spain spread its dome of azure above his head. The scintillation of the stars and the soft light of the moon illumined the delightful valley that lay at his feet. Resting partly against an orange-tree in bloom, the young major could see, three hundred feet below him, the town of Menda, at the base of the rock on which the castle is built. Turning his head, he looked down upon the sea, the sparkling waters of which encircled the landscape with a sheet of silver.
The chateau was illuminated. The joyous uproar of a ball, the sounds of an orchestra, the laughter of the dancers came to him, mingling with the distant murmur of the waves. The coolness of the night gave fresh energy to his body, that was tired with the heat of the day. Besides which, the gardens were planted with trees so balmy and flowers so sweet, that the young man felt as if plunged in a