Books › Blue Book v074 n02 [1941-12], 1941 › scan 3
Scan 3
Blue Book v074 n02 [1941-12], 1941
14 lines. Read by computer on 18 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1The Princess
3Illustrated by John Richard Flanagan
5In the courtyard of the post tavern at Chouzy, the first crossroads outside Blois, a dreadful thing was taking place, and going from bad to worse: A dog was held by two lengths of rope about his neck. One ran to the pump, the other to a hook in the stable wall. Both were taut. Thus, the dog could move scarcely at all to either side, and only slightly forward or back.
7He was a great gaunt dog, with long lean head and long curled tail. He was plastered with filth; his coat was matted with briars and brush and blood. Red streaks of bloody flesh showed through his dark fur, and blood dribbled down his legs to the cobblestones. He stood at the point of fury, eyes rolling savagely and lips curled back to show white fangs—but he was quite helpless.
9The innkeeper spoke uneasily, as he looked on.
11"Better send for a pike or a boar-spear, Jacques! You'll never kill him with that whip."
13The burly, bearded Jacques held a long-thonged whip of braided leather. He glared at the dog; the beast growled murderously, with such terrific pent ferocity that Jacques fell back a step. Furious drunken speech poured from him in a torrent.
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