The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel a Tale of the Albigensian Crusades (Paperback)

Excerpt: ... sun. The education that his mother gives him is intended to inure the lad to manly and useful work, and to cultivate in him a taste for the same. The boy's eyes are filled with tears as he contemplates Florette, into whose mouth the physician pours a cordial by introducing the head of a little flask between her lips. The group presents the picture of charming benevolence. The Lady of Lavaur (holding up Florette's head, speaks in a low voice to the Perfect and Aimery: )