A Ladder of Swords: A Tale of Love, Laughter and Tears

A Ladder of Swords: A Tale of Love, Laughter and Tears

IF you go to Southampton and search the register of the Walloon church there, you will find that in the summer of 157- Madame Vefue de Montgomery with all her family and servants were admitted to the CommunionTous ceux ci furent Reus l Cne du 157-, comme passans, sans avoir Rendu Raison de la foi, mes sur la tesmognage de Mons. Forest, Ministre de Madame, qui certifia qui ne cognoisoit Rien en tout ceux la p quoy Il ne leur deust administr la Cne sil estoit en lieu p la ferre. There is another striking record, which says that in August of the same year Demoiselle[Pg 2] Angle Claude Aubert, daughter of Monsieur de la Haie Aubert, Councillor of the Parliament of Rouen, was married to Michel de la Fort, of the most noble Flemish family of that name. When I first saw these records, now grown dim with time, I fell to wondering what was the real life-history of these two people. Forthwith, in imagination, I began to make their story piece by piece; and I had reached a romantic dnoment satisfactory to myself and in sympathy with fact, when the Angel of Accident stepped forward with some human documents. Then I found that my tale, woven back from the two obscure records I have given, was the true story of two most unhappy yet most happy people. From the note struck in my mind, when my finger touched that sorrowful page in the register of the Church of the Refugees at Southampton, had spread out the whole melody and the very book of the song. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 41303
Author: Parker, Gilbert
Release Date: Nov 6, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Kinney, Margaret West, 1872-1952 , Kinney, Troy, 1871-1938