Colas Breugnon

COLAS BREUGNON

BY

ROMAIN ROLLAND

Author of "Jean-Christophe"

TRANSLATED BY
KATHERINE MILLER

"There is life in the old dog yet"

NEW YORK

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

To

SAINT MARTIN OF GAUL
PATRON SAINT OF CLAMECY

"St. Martin gaily drinks his fill
and lets the stream flow to the mill."

xvith cent. Proverb

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
	Foreword to the Reader	v
I.	The Lark of Candlemas-Day	3
II.	The Siege; or, The Lamb, the Shepherd, and the Wolf	21
III.	The Vicar of Brèves	50
IV.	The Idler	75
V.	Belette	103
VI.	Birds of Passage; or, The Serenade at Asnois	136
VII.	The Plague	152
VIII.	My Old Woman's Death	169
IX.	The Fire	181
X.	The Riot	200
XI.	A Practical Joke	227
XII.	Other People's Houses	245
XIII.	Plutarch's Lives	262
XIV.	Health to the King!	278

Copyright, 1919
by
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

The Quinn & Boden Company
BOOK MANUFACTURERS
RAHWAY⁠NEW JERSEY

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