The Priest`s Tale part 4
“Of all the young men of the village, Christos was the tallest; he was strong and fearless—a true pallicare; and, as we all know, danger often makes even the coward brave. Suddenly he dropped...
The Priest`s Tale part 3
“Thirteen years have passed since then—it was about the middle of August. For several days it had been rumored that a wolf was prowling near the village. Old Mitros,.who had built his little cottage...
The Priest`s Tale part 2
Perceiving this, my brother-in-law sent him out of the room, in spite of his master`s ill-concealed discontent.Quiet was once more restored, and conversation began again with renewed activity. Naturally we spoke of the exile...
The Priest`s Tale part 1
Modern GreeceIntroductionSeventeen or at last two centuries there has been a continuous and at times A brilliant literary activity in the land of Sophocles, and the work of the Nineteenth Century, both in quantity...
The Story of Saidjah part 12
An old woman led him to her cottage. She would take care of the piteous fool. His laugh gradually became less horrible, but he still spoke no word. During the night the inmates of...
The Story of Saidjah part 11
He would wait. …But what if she were ill—dead?Like a wounded stag he flew along the pathway toward the village. He saw nothing and heard nothing. Normally he would have heard, fiir there were...
The Story of Saidjah part 10
Saidjah had never learned to pray, and it would have been a pity to teach him: a more devout prayer and a more fervent expression of gratitude than his would have been impossible. He...
The Story of Saidjah part 9
Who would now be living in her father`s house? Then he thought of his childhood, and his mother, and how the buffalo had saved him from the tiger, of what would have become of...
The Story of Saidjah part 8
No, he had sublime visions in his mind`s eye. He looked for the Ketapan tree in the clouds when he was still far from Badoer. He caught at the air as if to embrace...
The Story of Saidjah part 7
He arrived at Batavia, and asked a certain gentleman to take him into his service, which the gentleman did, because Saidjah spoke no Malay—an advantage there, for servants who do not understand that language...
