The Massacre of the Innocents part 4
They made their way toward the Golden Sun and knocked at the door. It was opened with some hesitancy, and the Spaniards entered, warmed...
The Massacre of the Innocents part 3
The sisters of the dead woman and various other relatives got into the cart, and the curt: as well, for he was old and...
The Massacre of the Innocents part 2
After deliberating a long while in the churchyard, they decided to hide in the wood which the Spaniards were to come through, attack them...
The Massacre of the Innocents part 1
Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949)
Maurice Maeterlinck was born at Ghent in 1862. He studied for the law, but left for Paris after a short career as...
What Vasile Saw part 10
But what was it that the Son of God was bearing on his shoulders— something dark and heavy and enormously large.
His Cross! Christ too...
What Vasile Saw part 9
Why war? why suffering and cold and sacrifices when life might be easy—why? why? Why a God in the Heavens… too far off? Why...
What Vasile Saw part 8
Others rose to examine the longed-for wood Vasile had brought and exclamations of all kinds arose.
The prisoners raised their heads and stared with sullen...
What Vasile Saw part 7
With a rapid movement Vasile seized the first cross and tried to pull it from the frozen ground. … The cross resisted—resisted like a...
What Vasile Saw part 6
Vasile crossed himself instinctively, murmuring under his breath a prayer for the dead. He stood gazing in a dazed way at those three melancholy...
What Vasile Saw part 5
“Wood—wood! I was to find wood,” he grumbled. “Where in this damned desert is there any wood I wonder! My God, what a night!
The...
