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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Los Cuatro Jinetes Des Apocalipsis (Classic Reprint)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Los Cuatro Jinetes Des Apocalipsis - Classic Reprint Author:Vicente Blasco Ibanez CHAPTER I the tryst (In the Garden of the Chopdlc Expiatoire) They were to have met in the garden of the Chapelle Expiatoire at five o'clock in the afternoon, but Julio Des-noyers with the impatience of a lover who hopes to advance the moment of meeting by presenting himself before the appointed time, arrived an half hour earlier. The change of ... more »the seasons was at this time greatly confused in his mind, and evidently demanded some readjustment. Five months had passed since their last interview in this square had afforded the wandering lovers the refuge of a damp, depressing calmness near a boulevard of continual movement close to a great railroad station. The hour of the appointment was always five and Julio was accustomed to see his beloved approaching by the reflection of the recently lit street lamps, her figure enveloped in furs, and holding her muff before^her face as if it were a half^mask. Her sweet voice, greeting him, had breathed forth a cloud of vapor, white and tenuous,
Table of Contents
CONTENTS; PART I; CHAPTER FACE; I The Tryst-In the Garden of the Expiatory Chapel 3; II Madariaga, the Centaur 38; III The Desnoyers Family 79; IV The Cousin prom Berlin 118; V In Which Appear the Four Horsemen 145; PART II; I What Don Marcelo Envied 181; II New Life 200; III The Retreat 223; IV Near the Sacred Grotto 264; V The Invasion 293; VI The Banner of the Red Cross 352; PART III; I After the Marne 387; II In the Studio 401; III War 417; IV "No One Will Kill Him" 448; V The Burial Fields 46$
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