Contents
List of Illustrations KING OF CAMARGUE
I LIVETTE AND ZINZARA
II IN CAMARGUE
III THE DROVERS
IV THE SEDEN
V THE LOVERS
VI RAMPAL
VII THE MEETING
VIII ON THE BENCH
IX THE PRAYER
X THE TERRACE
XI THE HIDING-PLACE
XII A SORCERESS
XIII THE SNAKE-CHARMER
XIV JOUSTING
XV MONSIEUR LE CURE'S ARCHAEOLOGY
XVI ON THE ROOF OF THE CHURCH
XVII THE OLD WOMAN
XVIII THE BLESSED RELICS
XIX THE BRANDING
XX THE SNARE
XXI HERODIAS
XXII IN THE NEST
XXIII THE PURSUIT
XXIV IN THE GARGATE
XXV THE PHANTOM
NOTES
BIBLIOTHÈQUE
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KING OF CAMARGUE
JEAN AICARD
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KING OF CAMARGUE
Rampal and Zinzara at the gipsy camp
Chapter 6
This woman had a way of looking at people that disconcerted them. You would say that a sharp, threatening flame shot from her eyes. It penetrated your being, searched your heart, and you were powerless against it.
TO ÉMILE TRÉLAT
My Very Dear Friend:
Permit me to dedicate this book to you, whose incomparable friendship has been to the poet, obstinate in his idealism, of hourly assistance, a constant proof of the reality of true generosity and kindness of heart.
Jean Aicard.
La Garde, near Toulon, April 11, 1890.