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Bonivon nodded  he could not have spoken to save his life. "Bien!" the minister went on. "I am a werwolf  I was bewitched some years ago by the woman Grénier, Mère Grénier, who lives in the forest at the back of our village. BONIVAN NODDED HE COULD NOT HAVE SPOKEN TO SAVE HIS LIFE BEN THE MINISTER WENT ON I AM A WAREWOLF I WAS BEWITCHED SOME YEARS AGO BY THE WOMAN GRENIER MAYOR GRENNIER WHO LIVES IN THE FOREST AT THE BACK OF OUR VILLAGE
ipations of the most frightful nature. Shortly after dawn he heard the sound of footsteps approaching the room; the door slowly began to open: a little wider and a little wider, and then, when Bonivon's heart was on the point of bursting, it suddenly swung open wide, and the cold, grey dawn falling on the threshold revealed not a werwolf, but--a human being: a man in the unmistakable garb of a Huguenot minister! The reaction was so great that Bonivon rolled off the table and went into paroxysms of ungovernable laughter. At length, when he had sobered down, the Huguenot, laying a hand on his shoulder, said: "Do you know now where you are? Do you recognize this room? No! Well, I will explain. You are in the house of Roland Bertin, and the body lying over yonder is that of my wife, whom your crew barbarously murdered yesterday when they sacked this village. They took me with them, and it was your intention to have me tortured and then drowned as soon as you got to sea. Do you know me now?  HIS HANDS AND ENGAGED IN ANTICIPATIONS OF THE MOST FRIGHTFUL NATURE SHORTLY AFTER DAWN HE HEARD THE SOUND OF FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING THE ROOM THE DOOR SLOWLY BEGAN TO OPEN A LITTLE WIDER AND A LITTLE WIDER AND THEN WHEN BONIVAN'S HEART WAS ON THE POINT OF BURSTING IT SUDDENLY SWUNG OPEN WIDE AND THE COLD GRAY DAWN FALLING ON THE THRESHOLD REVEALED NOT A WEREWOLF BUT A HUMAN BEING A MAN IN THE UNMISTAKABLE GUARD OF A HUGUENOT MINISTER THE REACTION WAS SO GREAT THAT BONIVAN ROLLED OFF THE TABLE AND WENT INTO PAROXYSMS OF UNGOVERNABLE LAUGHTER AT LENGTH WHEN HE HAD SOBERED DOWN THEGUENOT LAYING A HAND ON HIS SHOULDER SAID DO YOU KNOW NOW WHERE YOU ARE DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS ROOM NO WELL I WILL EXPLAIN YOU ARE IN THE HOUSE OF ROLAND BERTIN AND THE BODY LYING OVER YONDER IS THAT OF MY WIFE WHOM YOUR CREW BARBAROUSLY MURDERED YESTERDAY WHEN THEY SACKED THIS VILLAGE THEY TOOK ME WITH THEM AND IT WAS YOUR INTENTION TO HAVE ME TORTURED AND THEN DROWNED AS SOON AS YOU GOT TO SEA DO YOU KNOW ME NOW
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