King of Camargue   By: Jean Aicard (1848-1921)

KING OF CAMARGUE

JEAN AICARD

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COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY GEORGE BARRIE & SON

THIS EDITION OF

KING OF CAMARGUE

HAS BEEN COMPLETELY TRANSLATED BY

GEORGE B. IVES

THE ETCHINGS ARE BY

LOUIS V. RUET

AND DRAWINGS BY

GEORGE ROUX

CHEFS D'OEUVRE DU ROMAN CONTEMPORAIN

ROMANCISTS

THIS EDITION

DEDICATED TO THE HONOR OF THE

ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE

IS LIMITED TO ONE THOUSAND NUMBERED AND REGISTERED SETS, OF WHICH THIS IS

NUMBER 358

THE ROMANCISTS

JEAN AICARD

KING OF CAMARGUE

[Illustration: Chapter VI

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.

Contents

PAGE I LIVETTE AND ZINZARA 3

II IN CAMARGUE 13

III THE DROVERS 21

IV THE SÉDEN 27

V THE LOVERS 39

VI RAMPAL 51

VII THE MEETING 57

VIII ON THE BENCH 73

IX THE PRAYER 83

X THE TERRACE 91

XI THE HIDING PLACE 99

XII A SORCERESS 121

XIII THE SNAKE CHARMER 143

XIV JOUSTING 165

XV MONSIEUR LE CURÉ'S ARCHÆOLOGY 177

XVI ON THE ROOF OF THE CHURCH 205

XVII THE OLD WOMAN 219

XVIII THE BLESSED RELICS 231

XIX THE BRANDING 247

XX THE SNARE 261

XXI HERODIAS 279

XXII IN THE NEST 291

XXIII THE PURSUIT 303

XXIV IN THE GARGATE 323

XXV THE PHANTOM 331

NOTES 345

List of Illustrations

KING OF CAMARGUE

PAGE RAMPAL AND THE GIPSY Fronts.

RENAUD IN THE TOILS OF THE QUEEN 64

LIVETTE AND RENAUD 88

LIVETTE WATCHES ON THE CHURCH ROOF 216

THE GIPSY'S COUCH 312

KING OF CAMARGUE

I

LIVETTE AND ZINZARA