The words were followed by such an appalling howl, that all who were in the cemetery fled, and the place was left utterly deserted. Almost at the same moment, the hounds, having recovered the scent, came leaping in over the wall, followed by the Baron, streaming with sweat as he rode his horse, which was covered with foam and blood. The dogs made straight for the bramble bush, and began worrying something hidden there. “Halloo! halloo!! halloo!!!” cried the Lord of Vez, in a voice of thunder, as he leapt from his horse, not caring if there was anyone or not to look after it, and drawing out his hunting-knife, he dashed towards the vault, forcing his way through the hounds. He found them fighting over a fresh and bleeding wolf-skin, but the body had disappeared. There was no mistake as to its being the skin of the were-wolf that they had been hunting, for with the exception of one white hair, it was entirely black. What had become of the body? No one ever knew. Only as from this time forth Thibault was never seen again, it was generally believed that the former sabot-maker and no other was the were-wolf. Furthermore, as the skin had been found without the body, and, as, from the spot where it was found a peasant reported to have heard someone speak the words: “O God! take my life! I give it gladly, if only by my death I may give back life to her whom I have killed,” the priest declared openly that Thibault, by reason of his sacrifice and repentance, had been saved! And what added to the consistency of belief in this tradition was, that every year on the anniversary of Agnelette’s death, up to the time when the Monasteries were all abolished at the Revolution, a monk from the Abbey of the Premonstratensians at Bourg-Fontaine, which stands half a league from Préciamont, was seen to come and pray beside her grave. * * * * * Such is the history of the black wolf, as it was told me by old Mocquet, my father’s keeper. THE END. Printed by GILBERT & RIVINGTON, Ltd., St. John’s House, Clerkenwell, London, E.C. Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: Abencerages=> Abencerrages {pg 14} whip the exorcisims=> whip the exorcisms {pg 20} earnest supplicacation=> earnest supplication {pg 23} How should I know who your were=> How should I know who you were {pg 29} In the the midst=> In the midst {pg 34} Angelette’s=> Agnelette’s {pg 35, 114} Angelette=> {pg 35} Nethertheless=> Nevertheless {pg 39} shook her her head=> shook her head {pg 46} remainder of lis life=> remainder of his life {pg 58} since he had been at tale=> since he had been at table {pg 58} See arranged the folds of her dress=> She arranged the folds of her dress {pg 65} boat-spear in the bush=> boar-spear in the bush {pg 76} similiar to that=> similar to that {pg 84} gropped about=> groped about {pg 81} king’s ramsom=> king’s ransom {pg 85} from his legthargy=> from his lethargy {pg 89}