The Merry Men, and Other Tales and FablesStevenson, Robert Louis
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The Merry Men, and Other Tales and Fables
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Boys -- Fiction; Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction; Paranormal fiction; Treasure troves -- Fiction
“Casimir,” said Desprez, raising his wet face, “do you see that boy,
that angel boy? He is the thief; he took the treasure from a man unfit
to be entrusted with its use; he brings it back to me when I am sobered
and humbled. These, Casimir, are the Fruits of my Teaching, and this
moment is the Reward of my Life.”
“_Tiens_,” said Casimir.
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Footnotes
[5] Boggy.
[15] Clock
[16] Enjoy.
[140] To come forrit—to offer oneself as a communicant.
[144] It was a common belief in Scotland that the devil appeared as a
black man. This appears in several witch trials and I think in Law’s
_Memorials_, that delightful store-house of the quaint and grisly.
[263] Let it be so, for my tale!
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