Sinópse: Excerpt from Mont Oriol, or a Romance of Auvergne, Vol. 8: A Novel A portion of the ravine along the stream had been inclosed, to constitute the park indispensable to every Spa; and three walks had been made, one nearly straight, and the other two zigzag. At the end of the first gushed out an artificial spring detached from the parent spring, and bubbling into a great basin of cement, sheltered by a straw roof, under the care of an impassive woman, whom everyone called Marie in a familiar sort Of way. This calm Auvergnat, who wore a little cap always as white as snow, and a big apron, perfectly clean at all times, which concealed her working-dress, rose up slowly as soon as she saw a bather coming along the road in her direction. The bather would smile with a melancholy air, drink the water, and return her the glass, saying, Thanks, Marie. Then he would turn on his heel and walk away. And Marie sat down again on her straw chair to wait for the next comer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.