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Choosing a morning when the sun was shining brightly, he screwed up his courage, and after many bad scares finally succeeded in reaching her dwelling  or, I might say, her shanty, for by a more appropriate term than the latter such a queer looking untidy habitation could not be described. CHOOSING A MORNING WHEN THE SUN WAS SHINING BRIGHTLY HE SCREWED UP HIS COURAGE AND AFTER MANY BAD SCARES FINALLY SUCCEEDED IN REACHING HER DWELLING OR I MIGHT SAY HER SHANTY FOR BY A MORE APPROPRIATE TERM THAN THE LATTER SUCH A QUEER LOOKING UNTIDY HABITATION COULD NOT BE DESCRIBED
 He hated Beatrice now as much as he had loved her before; and he thirsted only for revenge. Some distance from the village and in the heart of the forest lived an old woman known as Mère Maxim, who was said to be a witch, and, therefore, shunned by every one. All sorts of unsavoury stories were told of her, and she was held responsible for several outbreaks of epidemics--hitherto unknown in the neighbourhood--many accidents, and more than one death. The spot where she lived was carefully avoided. Those who ventured far in the forest after nightfall either never came back at all or returned half imbecile with terror, and afterwards poured out to their affrighted friends incoherent stories of the strange lights and terrible forms they had encountered, moving about amid the trees. Up to the present Henri had been just as scared by these tales as the rest of the villagers; but so intense was his longing for revenge that he at length resolved to visit Mère Maxim and solicit her assistance. AGE AND MORTIFICATION HE HATED BEATRICE NOW AS MUCH AS HE HAD LOVED HER BEFORE AND HE THIRSTED ONLY FOR REVENGE SOME DISTANCE FROM THE VILLAGE AND IN THE HEART OF THE FOREST LIVED AN OLD WOMAN KNOWN AS MAYOR MAXIM WHO WAS SAID TO BE A WITCH AND THEREFORE SHUNNED BY EVERYONE ALL SORTS OF UNSAVOURY STORIES WERE TOLD OF HER AND SHE WAS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVERAL OUTBREAKS OF EPIDEMICS HITHERTO UNKNOWN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MANY ACCIDENTS AND MORE THAN ONE DEATH THE SPOT WHERE SHE LIVED WAS CAREFULLY AVOIDED THOSE WHO VENTURED FAR IN THE FOREST AFTER NIGHTFALL EITHER NEVER CAME BACK AT ALL OR RETURNED HALF IMBECILE WITH TERROR AND AFTERWARDS POURED OUT TO THEIR AFFRIGHTED FRIENDS INCOHERENT STORIES OF STRANGE LIGHTS AND TERRIBLE FORMS THEY HAD ENCOUNTERED MOVING ABOUT AMID THE TREES UP TO THE PRESENT HENRY HAD BEEN JUST AS SCARED BY THESE TALES AS THE REST OF THE VILLAGERS BUT SO INTENSE WAS HIS LONGINGS FOR REVENGE THAT HE AT LENGTH RESOLVED TO VISIT MAYOR MAXIM AND SOLICIT HER ASSISTANCE
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