by Jacob | Jun 24, 2025 | Berbs
Chapter 20 The death of my uncle. I was still at home at noon the next day, about to go to my uncle’s, when his wife’s niece came to the door. In an alarming tone she told me to come to his house that very moment, as fast as I could. Fearing some disastrous event, I...
by Jacob | Jun 24, 2025 | Berbs
Chapter 19 My voyage to paris. My uncle’s trial. My care to ensure its success. Either the stress of my journey or my convalescence resulted in a swelling of my legs, and it was impossible to greet my uncle before my second day in this immense capital city. He...
by Jacob | Jun 22, 2025 | Berbs
Chapter 18 Several other spells used by my enemies I left Avignon to return to Carpentras, where family matters held me back for the space of a year. My enemies used this time to make my life unbearable, with new trials and apparitions each more extraordinary than...
by Jacob | Jun 22, 2025 | Berbs
Chapter 17 New consultations. The treachery of Bouge and Nicolas. I returned the next morning to the garden, and to my usual position. Nicolas and Bouge joined me in conversation. Several of the garden came to chat, asking how I was, expressing their good wishes for...
by Jacob | Jun 21, 2025 | Berbs
Chapter 16 Consultation and change of garden Guerin seemed surprised to see me at my exercises, and urged me to abandon them. They’d cause more harm than good, and that the man who taught them to me was a creature invested in misfortune. I was hugely surprised by this...
by Jacob | Jun 21, 2025 | Berbs
Chapter 15 Effects of Mr. Nicolas’s advice and magic wand Mr. Bouge and Mr. Guerin took their leave of me to go about their days, and left me alone with Nicolas for the better part of an hour. The conversation turned this way and that, and then to his wand. He...
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