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1、STORIESSTORIESbyEnglishAuthorsinFrance1STORIESALODGINGFORTHENIGHTBYROBERTLOUISSTEVENSONItwaslateinNovember,1456.ThesnowfelloverPariswithrigorous,relentlesspersistence;sometimesthewindmadeasallyandscattereditinflyingvortices;sometimestherewasalull,andflakeafterflakedescendedoutoftheblacknightai
2、r,silent,circuitous,interminable.Topoorpeople,lookingupundermoisteyebrows,itseemedawonderwhereitallcamefrom.MasterFrancisVillonhadpropoundedanalternativethatafternoon,atatavernwindow:wasitonlypaganJupiterpluckinggeeseuponOlympus?orweretheholyangelsmoulting?HewasonlyapoorMasterofArts,hewenton;a
3、ndasthequestionsomewhattouchedupondivinity,hedurstnotventuretoconclude.AsillyoldpriestfromMontargis,whowasamongthecompany,treatedtheyoungrascaltoabottleofwineinhonourofthejestandgrimaceswithwhichitwasaccompanied,andsworeonhisownwhitebeardthathehadbeenjustsuchanotherirreverentdogwhenhewasVillon
4、'sage.Theairwasrawandpointed,butnotfarbelowfreezing;andtheflakeswerelarge,damp,andadhesive.Thewholecitywassheetedup.Anarmymighthavemarchedfromendtoendandnotafootfallgiventhealarm.Iftherewereanybelatedbirdsinheaven,theysawtheislandlikealargewhitepatch,andthebridgeslikeslimwhitesparsontheblackgr
5、oundoftheriver.Highupoverheadthesnowsettledamongthetraceryofthecathedraltowers.Manyanichewasdriftedfull;manyastatueworealongwhitebonnetonitsgrotesqueorsaintedhead.Thegargoyleshadbeentransformedintogreatfalsenoses,droopingtowardthepoint.Thecrocketswerelikeuprightpillowsswollenononeside.Intheint
6、ervalsofthewindtherewasadullsounddrippingabouttheprecinctsofthechurch.ThecemeteryofSt.Johnhadtakenitsownshareofthesnow.Allthegravesweredecentlycovered;tallwhitehousetopsstoodaroundingravearray;worthyburgherswerelongagoinbed,be-nightcappedliketheirdomiciles;therewasnolightinalltheneighbourhoodb
7、utalittlepeepfromalampthathungswinginginthechurchchoir,andtossedthe2STORIESshadowstoandfrointimetoitsoscillations.Theclockwashardontenwhenthepatrolwentbywithhalberdsandalantern,beatingtheirhands;andtheysawnothingsuspiciousaboutthecemete
