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The Wandering Jew, Complete

Chapter 9 THE CAGES.

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nds; next, clothing his arms and legs in their proper armor, and his feet in iron-bound buskins, and concealing all this defensive equipme

t of rebellion, to try their fangs and claws on his person; but, thanks to the armor concealed beneath his pelisse, they blunted their claws upon a skin of stee

s when directed against this invulnerable being. Hence, their terrified submission reached to such a point that, in his public represent

d by the trapdoor of the loft into the large shed beneath, in which were deposited the cages of h

door, so as to give ingress to the animal; the bottom of each den rested on two axle-trees and four small iron castors, so that they could easily be removed to the l

m of her cage, and her dark hues mingling with the obscurity which surrounded her, nothing was distinctly visible but fixed and glaring eyes-yellow balls of phosphoric li

ht hair and beard; the lantern, placed at some height above the ground, threw its rays full upon this man, and the strong

wo or three times she dropped her eyelids, with a low, angry howl; then, reopening her eyes, as if in spite of herself, she kept them fastened immovably on those of the Prophet. And now her rounded ears clung to her skull, which was flattened like a viper's; the sk

towards the cage, and said, in a shar

n length; her elastic and fleshy spine, the sinews of her thighs as well developed as those of a race-horse, her deep chest, her enormous jutting sho

the cage, made a step towards the panther. The panther made a

ising his head, showed the under-part of his redoubtable triangular jaw, and his broad chest of a dirty white, with which blended the copper color, streaked with black, of his sides; his tail, li

wn temerity; but his respiration continued loud and deep. Morok turned his face towards him, and examined him very attentivel

wing hard substances, was now heard from the cage of the lion. It drew the at

and movement of the muscles of his loins, and the curving of his backbone, it was easy to perceive that he was making violent efforts with his throat and his forepaws. The Prophet approach

not change

uder tone. The appeal was useless; the li

but, as he pronounced these words, he applied th

not crouching, but at a single bound-upright, superb, terrifying. The Prophet being at the angle of the cage, Cain, in his fury, had raised himself sideways to face

d the Prophet, ap

boar. But Morok touched those lips with the end of the burning metal; and, as he felt the smart, followed by an unexpected summons of his

unching between his teeth in the extremity of his hunger. For a few moments the most profound silence reigned in the menagerie. The Prophet, with his hands behind his ba

opened on the court-yard of the inn. At length this door turned o

done?" said

, the night is dark, it blows

re is no

ime, I crept out with a stool I had provided; I put it up against the wall, and mounted upon it; with my six feet, that made nine, and I could lean my elbows on the

hought it w

fter all. That done, I crept back into my cellar, carrying my stool with me. In

ad just entered the supper-room. I

panes had been broken, the old man opened the window, and called his dog, saying: 'Jump out!'-I went and

up in the stable with

o

pened it without noise, but the two broken panes were stopped up with the skirts of a pelisse. I heard talking, but I could see nothing; so I mo

e knapsack?-That is

table, by the side of a lamp; I could ha

d you he

member what concerns the knapsack. The old man said he had s

-what

through my fingers. In trying to get hold of it again, I put my hand too much

het, becoming pale with ra

he dog was no longer about, I left the door ajar, so that I could hear them open the window, and see, by the light, that the old m

rst time, that it was the wind. Yo

psack was to be found with the money and the papers, and not b

nd fetch me th

, ma

e red b

, ma

G

I not bring down a bit of meat for Death?-you will see that she'll bear me malice

ilst Goliath, swearing to himself, proceeded to execute his instructions, Mo

e giant, as he descended the ladder with

nce more by the window, and wh

ake him lea

d! he will

t ne

lamp is nea

the table next

he window, throw down the lamp, and if you accomplish cleverly w

s,

by the noise and darkness, that t

he wolf turned into a

s yet so

, wha

window of the loft is easy of access, the nig

me in at t

without

snake!" and th

recommendations which accompany them-but from the position of him who sends them-immense interests must be involved-interests connected with all that is highest and greatest upon earth!-And yet how can these two

ch, was easily opened. At sight of a stranger Spoil-sport threw himself upon him; but his teeth encountered the iron leggings of the Prophet, who, in spite of the efforts of the dog took

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1 Chapter 1 MOROK.2 Chapter 2 THE TRAVELLERS.3 Chapter 3 THE ARRIVAL.4 Chapter 4 MOROK and DAGOBERT5 Chapter 5 ROSE AND BLANCHE.6 Chapter 6 THE SECRET.7 Chapter 7 THE TRAVELER.8 Chapter 8 EXTRACTS FROM GENERAL SIMON'S DIARY.9 Chapter 9 THE CAGES.10 Chapter 10 THE SURPRISE.11 Chapter 11 JOVIAL and DEATH.12 Chapter 12 THE BURGOMASTER.13 Chapter 13 THE JUDGEMENT.14 Chapter 14 THE DECISION.15 Chapter 15 THE DESPATCHES.16 Chapter 16 THE ORDERS.17 Chapter 17 THE AJOUPA.18 Chapter 18 THE TATTOOING19 Chapter 19 THE SMUGGLER20 Chapter 20 M. JOSHUA VAN DAEL.21 Chapter 21 THE RUINS OF TCHANDI. To the storm in the middle of the22 Chapter 22 THE AMBUSCADE23 Chapter 23 M. RODIN.24 Chapter 24 THE TEMPEST25 Chapter 25 THE SHIPWRECK.26 Chapter 26 THE DEPARTURE FOR PARIS.27 Chapter 27 DAGOBERT'S WIFE.28 Chapter 28 THE SISTER OF THE BACCHANAL QUEEN.29 Chapter 29 AGRICOLA BAUDOIN.30 Chapter 30 THE RETURN.31 Chapter 31 AGRICOLA AND MOTHER BUNCH.32 Chapter 32 THE AWAKENING.33 Chapter 33 THE PAVILION.34 Chapter 34 ADRIENNE AT HER TOILET.35 Chapter 35 THE INTERVIEW.36 Chapter 36 A FEMALE JESUIT.37 Chapter 37 THE PLOT.38 Chapter 38 ADRIENNE'S ENEMIES.39 Chapter 39 THE SKIRMISH.40 Chapter 40 THE REVOLT41 Chapter 41 TREACHERY.42 Chapter 42 THE SNARE.43 Chapter 43 A FALSE FRIEND.44 Chapter 44 THE MINISTER'S CABINET.45 Chapter 45 THE VISIT.46 Chapter 46 PRESENTIMENTS.47 Chapter 47 THE LETTER.48 Chapter 48 THE CONFESSIONAL49 Chapter 49 MY LORD AND SPOIL-SPORT.50 Chapter 50 APPEARANCES.51 Chapter 51 THE CONVENT.52 Chapter 52 THE INFLUENCE OF A CONFESSOR.53 Chapter 53 THE MASQUERADE.54 Chapter 54 THE CONTRAST.55 Chapter 55 THE CAROUSE.56 Chapter 56 THE FAREWELL57 Chapter 57 FLORINE.58 Chapter 58 MOTHER SAINTE-PERPETUE.59 Chapter 59 THE TEMPTATION.60 Chapter 60 MOTHER BUNCH AND MDLLE. DE CARDOVILLE.61 Chapter 61 THE ENCOUNTERS.62 Chapter 62 THE MEETING.63 Chapter 63 DISCOVERIES.64 Chapter 64 THE PENAL CODE.65 Chapter 65 BURGLARY.66 Chapter 66 THE EVE OF A GREAT DAY.67 Chapter 67 THE THUG.68 Chapter 68 THE TWO BROTHERS OF THE GOOD WORK.69 Chapter 69 THE HOUSE IN THE RUE SAINT-FRANCOIS.70 Chapter 70 DEBIT AND CREDIT.71 Chapter 71 THE HEIR72 Chapter 72 THE RUPTURE.73 Chapter 73 THE CHANGE.74 Chapter 74 THE RED ROOM.75 Chapter 75 THE TESTAMENT.76 Chapter 76 THE LAST STROKE OF NOON.77 Chapter 77 THE DEED OF GIFT.78 Chapter 78 A GOOD GENIUS.79 Chapter 79 THE FIRST LAST, AND THE LAST FIRST.80 Chapter 80 THE STRANGER.81 Chapter 81 THE DEN.82 Chapter 82 AN UNEXPECTED VISIT.83 Chapter 83 FRIENDLY SERVICES.84 Chapter 84 THE ADVICE.85 Chapter 85 THE ACCUSER.86 Chapter 86 FATHER D'AIGRIGNY'S SECRETARY.87 Chapter 87 SYMPATHY.88 Chapter 88 SUSPICIONS.89 Chapter 89 EXCUSES.90 Chapter 90 REVELATIONS.91 Chapter 91 PIERRE SIMON.92 Chapter 92 THE EAST INDIAN IN PARIS.93 Chapter 93 RISING.94 Chapter 94 DOUBTS.95 Chapter 95 THE LETTER. No.9596 Chapter 96 ADRIENNE AND DJALMA.97 Chapter 97 THE CONSULTATION.98 Chapter 98 MOTHER BUNCH'S DIARY.99 Chapter 99 THE DIARY CONTINUED.100 Chapter 100 THE DISCOVERY.