Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE WORKS OF ANATOLE FRANCE IN AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION EDITED BY FREDERIC CHAPMAN

THE WELL OF SAINT CLARE

THE WELL OF SAINT CLARE

BY ANATOLE FRANCE

A TRANSLATION BY ALFRED ALLINSON

LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY: MCMIX

WM. BRENDON AND SON, LTD., PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH

CONTENTS

Prologue--The Reverend Father Adone Doni 3
San Satiro 17
Messer Guido Cavalcanti 51
Lucifer 73
The Loaves of Black Bread 85
The Merry-Hearted Buffalmacco 95
i. The Cockroaches 96
ii. The Ascending up of Andria Tafi 106
iii. The Master 118
iv. The Painter 124
The Lady of Verona 133
The Human Tragedy 141
i. Fra Giovanni. 141
ii. The Lamp 150
iii. The Seraphic Doctor. 153
iv. The Loaf on the Flat Stone 156
v. The Table under the Fig-tree 159
vi. The Temptation 163
vii. The Subtle Doctor 169
viii. The Burning Coal 177
ix. The House of Innocence 179
x. The Friends of Order 187
xi. The Revolt of Gentleness 194
xii. Words of Love 200
xiii. The Truth 205
xiv. Giovanni's Dream 215
xv. The Judgment. 223
xvi. The Prince of this World 231
The Mystic Blood 243
A Sound Security 257
History of Dona Maria d'Avalos and the Duke d'Andria 271
Bonaparte at San Miniato 289

THE WELL OF SAINT CLARE

PROLOGUE

THE REVEREND FATHER ADONE DONI