 | William Kirby - 1896 - 720 páginas
...Chateau, a din of voices within, a wild medley of shouts, song and laughter, a clatter of wine cups, and pealing notes of violins struck him with amazement...terrace. " That concert going on, your honor ?" Master Pothiei shook his head to express disapproval and smiled to express his inborn sympathy with feasting... | |
 | Jennifer Blair - 2005 - 464 páginas
...remote dwelling to summon Bigot and his men to a council of war at Quebec, the young Philibert remarks: "The chateau seemed a very pandemonium of riot and...revelry, that prolonged the night into the day, and def1ed the very order of nature by its audacious disregard of all decency of time, place, and circumstance"... | |
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Outside all was still: the song of birds and the rustle of leaves alone met the ear. Neither man nor beast was stirring to challenge Colonel Philibert's approach, but long ere he reached the door of the Chateau, a din of voices within, a wild medley of... 