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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. 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
icated, of French werwolves. As far back as the sixth century we hear of them infesting the woods and valleys of Brittany and Burgundy, the Landes, and the mountainous regions of the Côte d'Or and the Cevennes. Occasionally a werwolf would break into a convent and make its meal off the defenceless 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.  AUTHENTICATED OF FRENCH WAREWALLS AS FAR BACK AS THE SIXTH CENTURY WE HEAR OF THEM INFESTING THE WOODS AND VALLEYS OF BRITTANY AND BURGUNDY THE LAUNDES AND THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF THE COTE DU ROIRE AND THE SEVONES OCCASIONALLY A WOLF WOULD BREAK INTO A CONVENT AND MAKE ITS MEAL OF THE 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
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