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In falling he had bruised and cut himself so prodigiously that the blood from his wounds attracted to the spot a number of big wild cats. IN FALLING HE HAD BRUISED AND CUT HIMSELF SO PRODIGIOUSLY THAT THE BLOOD FROM HIS WOUNDS ATTRACTED TO THE SPOT A NUMBER OF BIG WILD CATS
enceless nuns; occasionally it would select for its repast some nice fat abbot waddling unsuspectingly home to his monastery. Not all these werwolves were evilly disposed people; many, on the contrary, were exceedingly virtuous, and owed their metamorphosis to the vengeance of witch or wizard. When this was the case their piety sometimes prevailed to such an extent that not even metamorphosis into wolfish form could render it ineffective; and there are instances where werwolves of this type have not only refrained from taking human life, but have actually gone out of their way to protect it. Of such instances, well authenticated, probably none would be more remarkable than those I am about to narrate. THE CASE OF THE ABBOT GILBERT, OF THE ARC MONASTERY, ON THE BANKS OF THE LOIRE Gilbert had been to a village fair, where the good vintage and hot sun combined had proved so trying that on his way home, through a dense and lonely forest, he had gone to sleep and been thrown from his horse. E DEFENCELESS NUNS OCCASIONALLY IT WOULD SELECT FOR ITS REPAST SOME NICE FAT ABBOT WADDLING UNSUSPECTINGLY HOME TO HIS MONASTERY NOT ALL THESE WAREWALLS WERE EVILLY DISPOSED PEOPLE MANY ON THE CONTRARY WERE EXCEEDINGLY VIRTUOUS AND OWED THEIR METAMORPHOSIS TO THE VENGEANCE OF A WITCH OR A WIZARD WHEN THIS WAS THE CASE THEIR PIETY SOMETIMES PREVAILED TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT NOT EVEN METAMORPHOSIS INTO WOLFISH FORM COULD RENDER IT INEFFECTIVE AND THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE WARE WOLVES OF THIS TYPE HAVE NOT ONLY REFRAINED FROM TAKING HUMAN LIFE BUT HAVE ACTUALLY GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO PROTECT IT OF SUCH INSTANCES WELL AUTHENTICATED PROBABLY NONE WOULD BE MORE REMARKABLE THAN THOSE THAT I AM ABOUT TO RELATE THE CASE OF THE ABBOT GILBERT OF THE ARC MONASTERY ON THE BANKS OF THE LOIRE GILBERT HAD BEEN TO A VILLAGE FAIR WHERE THE GOOD VINTAGE AND HOT SUN COMBINED HAD PROVED SO TRYING THAT ON HIS WAY HOME THROUGH A DENSE AND LONELY FOREST HE HAD GONE TO SLEEP AND HAD BEEN THROWN FROM HIS HORSE
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