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+Project Gutenberg’s The Broken Cup, by Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke
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+Title: The Broken Cup
+       1891
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+Author: Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke
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+Translator: P. G.
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+Release Date: October 17, 2007 [EBook #23062]
+Last Updated: November 20, 2016
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BROKEN CUP ***
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+THE BROKEN CUP
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+By Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke
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+Translated by P. G.
+
+Copyright, 1891, by The Current Literature Publishing Company
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+
+Author’s Note.--There is extant under this name a short piece by the
+author of “Little Kate of Heilbronn.” That and the tale which here
+follows originated in an incident which took place at Bern in the year
+1802. Henry von Kleist and Ludwig Wieland, the son of the poet, were
+both friends of the writer, in whose chamber hung an engraving called
+_La Cruche Cassée_, the persons and contents of which resembled the
+scene set forth below, under the head of The Tribunal. The drawing,
+which was full of expression, gave great delight to those who saw it,
+and led to many conjectures as to its meaning. The three friends agreed,
+in sport, that they would each one day commit to writing his peculiar
+interpretation of its design. Wieland promised a satire; Von Kleist
+threw off a comedy; and the author of the following tale what is here
+given.
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+
+MARIETTA.
+
+NAPOULE, it is true, is only a very little place on the bay of Cannes;
+yet it is pretty well known through all Provence. It lies in the shade
+of lofty evergreen palms, and darker orange trees; but that alone would
+not make it renowned. Still they say that there are grown the most
+luscious grapes, the sweetest roses, and the handsomest girls. I don’t
+know but it is so; in the mean time I believe it most readily. Pity that
+Napoule is so small, and can not produce more luscious grapes, fragrant
+roses, and handsome maidens; especially, as we might then have some of
+them transplanted to our own country.
+
+As, ever since the foundation of Napoule, all the Napoulese women have
+been beauties, so the little Marietta was a wonder of wonders, as the
+chronicles of the place declare. She was called the _little_ Marietta; yet
+she was not smaller than a girl of seventeen or thereabout ought to be,
+seeing that her forehead just reached up to the lips of a grown man.
+
+The chronicles aforesaid had very good ground for speaking of Marietta.
+I, had I stood in the shoes of the chronicler, would have done the
+same. For Marietta, who until lately had lived with her mother Manon
+at Avignon, when she came back to her birthplace, quite upset the whole
+village. Verily, not the houses, but the people and their heads; and not
+the heads of all the people, but of those particularly whose heads and
+hearts are always in danger when in the neighborhood of two bright eyes.
+I know very well that such a position is no joke.
+
+Mother Manon would have done much better if she had remained at Avignon.
+But she had been left a small inheritance, by which she received at
+Napoule an estate consisting of some vine-hills, and a house that lay in
+the shadow of a rock, between certain olive trees and African acacias.
+This is a kind of thing which no unprovided widow ever rejects; and,
+accordingly, in her own estimation, she was as rich and happy as though
+she were the Countess of Provence or something like it.
+
+So much the worse was it for the good people of Napoule. They never
+suspected their misfortune, not having read in Homer how a single pretty
+woman had filled all Greece and Lesser Asia with discord and war.
+
+
+
+
+HOW THE MISFORTUNE CAME ABOUT.
+
+Marietta had scarcely been fourteen days in the house, between the olive
+trees and the African acacias, before every young man of Napoule knew
+that she lived there, and that there lived not, in all Provence, a more
+charming girl than the one in that house.
+
+Went she through the village, sweeping lightly along like a dressed-up
+angel, her frock, with its pale-green bodice, and orange leaves and
+rosebuds upon the bosom of it, fluttering in the breeze, and flowers
+and ribbons waving about the straw bonnet, which shaded her beautiful
+features--yes, then the grave old men spake out, and the young ones were
+struck dumb. And everywhere, to the right and left, little windows and
+doors were opened with a “Good morning,” or a “Good evening, Marietta,”
+ as it might be, while she nodded to the right and left with a pleasant
+smile.
+
+If Marietta walked into church, all hearts (that is, of the young
+people) forgot Heaven; all eyes turned from the saints, and the
+worshiping finger wandered idly among the pearls of the rosary. This
+must certainly have provoked much sorrow, at least, among the more
+devout.
+
+The maidens of Napoule particularly became very pious about this time,
+for they, most of all, took the matter to heart. And they were not to
+be blamed for it; for since the advent of Marietta more than one
+prospective groom had become cold, and more than one worshipper of some
+beloved one quite inconstant. There were bickerings and reproaches on
+all sides, many tears, pertinent lectures, and even rejections. The talk
+was no longer of marriages, but of separations. They began to return
+their pledges of troth, rings, ribbons, etc. The old persons took part
+with their children; criminations and strife spread from house to house;
+it was most deplorable.
+
+Marietta is the cause of all, said the pious maidens first; then the
+mothers said it; next the fathers took it up; and finally all--even the
+young men. But Marietta, shielded by her modesty and innocence, like
+the petals of the rosebud in its dark-green calix, did not suspect
+the mischief of which she was the occasion, and continued courteous to
+everybody. This touched the young men, who said, “Why condemn the pure
+and harmless child--she is not guilty!” Then the fathers said the same
+thing; then the mothers took it up, and finally all--even the pious
+maidens. For, let who would talk with Marietta, she was sure to gain
+their esteem. So before half a year had passed, everybody had spoken to
+her, and everybody loved her. But she did not suspect that she was the
+object of such general regard, as she had not before suspected that she
+was the object of dislike. Does the violet, hidden in the downtrodden
+grass, think how sweet it is?
+
+Now every one wished to make amends for the injustice they had done
+Marietta. Sympathy deepened the tenderness of their attachment. Marietta
+found herself greeted everywhere in a more friendly way than ever; she
+was more cordially welcomed; more heartily invited to the rural sports
+and dances.
+
+
+
+
+ABOUT THE WICKED COLIN.
+
+All men, however, are not endowed with tender sympathy; some have
+hearts hardened like Pharaoh’s. This arises, no doubt, from that natural
+depravity which has come upon men in consequence of the fall of Adam, or
+because, at their baptism, the devil is not brought sufficiently under
+subjection.
+
+A remarkable example of this hardness of heart was given by one Colin,
+the richest farmer and proprietor in Napoule, whose vineyards and olive
+gardens, whose lemon and orange trees could hardly be counted in a day.
+One thing particularly demonstrates the perverseness of his disposition;
+he was twenty-seven years old, and had never yet asked for what purpose
+girls had been created!
+
+True, all the people, especially damsels of a certain age, willingly
+forgave him this sin, and looked upon him as one of the best young men
+under the sun. His fine figure, his fresh, unembarrassed manner, his
+look, his laugh, enabled him to gain the favorable opinion of the
+aforesaid people, who would have forgiven him, had there been occasion,
+any one of the deadly sins. But the decision of such judges is not
+always to be trusted. While both old and young at Napoule had become
+reconciled to the innocent Marietta, and proffered their sympathies
+to her, Colin was the only one who had no pity upon the poor child. If
+Marietta was talked of he became as dumb as a fish. If he met her in the
+street he would turn red and white with anger, and cast sidelong glances
+at her of the most malicious kind.
+
+If at evening the young people met upon the seashore near the old castle
+ruins for sprightly pastimes, or rural dances, or to sing catches,
+Colin was the merriest among them. But as soon as Marietta arrived the
+rascally fellow was silent, and all the gold in the world couldn’t
+make him sing.--What a pity, when he had such a fine voice! Everybody
+listened to it so willingly, and its store of songs was endless.
+
+All the maidens looked kindly upon Colin, and he was friendly with all
+of them. He had, as we have said, a roguish glance, which the lasses
+feared and loved; and it was so sweet they would like to have had it
+painted. But, as might naturally be expected, the offended Marietta
+did not look graciously upon him. And in that he was perfectly right.
+Whether he smiled or not, it was all the same to her. As to his roguish
+glance, why she would never hear it mentioned; and therein too she
+was perfectly right. When he told a tale (and he knew thousands) and
+everybody listened, she nudged her neighbor, or perhaps threw tufts of
+grass at Peter or Paul, and laughed and chattered, and did not listen to
+Colin at all. This behavior quite provoked the proud fellow, so that he
+would break off in the middle of his story and stalk sullenly away.
+
+Revenge is sweet. The daughter of Mother Manon well knew how to triumph.
+Yet Marietta was a right good child and quite too tenderhearted. If
+Colin was silent, it gave her pain. If he was downcast, she laughed no
+more. If he went away, she did not stay long behind: but hurried to her
+home, and wept tears of repentance, more beautiful than those of the
+Magdalen, although she had not sinned like the Magdalen.
+
+
+
+
+THE CUP.
+
+Father Jerome, the pastor of Napoule, was an old man of seventy, who
+possessed all the virtues of a saint, and only one failing; which was,
+that by reason of his advanced years, he was hard of hearing. But, on
+that very account, his homilies were more acceptable to the children of
+his baptism and blessing. True, he preached only of two subjects, as if
+they comprehended the whole of religion. It was either “Little children,
+love one another,” or it was “Mysterious are the ways of Providence.”
+ And truly there is so much Faith, Love, and Hope in these that one might
+at a pinch be saved by them. The little children loved one another most
+obediently, and trusted in the ways of Providence. Only Colin, with his
+flinty heart, would know nothing of either: for even when he professed
+to be friendly, he entertained the deepest malice.
+
+The Napoulese went to the annual market or fair of the city of Vence.
+It was truly a joyful time, and though they had but little gold to buy
+with, there were many goods to look at. Now Marietta and Mother Manon
+went to the fair with the rest, and Colin was also there. He bought a
+great many curiosities and trifles for his friends--but he would not
+spend a farthing for Marietta. And yet he was always at her elbow,
+though he did not speak to her, nor she to him. It was easy to see that
+he was brooding over some scheme of wickedness.
+
+Mother Manon stood gazing before a shop, when she suddenly exclaimed:
+
+“Oh! Marietta, see that beautiful cup! A queen would not be ashamed to
+raise it to her lips. Only see: the edge is of dazzling gold, and the
+flowers upon it could not bloom more beautifully in the garden, although
+they are only painted. And in the midst of this Paradise! pray see,
+Marietta, how the apples are smiling on the trees. They are verily
+tempting. And Adam cannot withstand it, as the enchanting Eve offers
+him one for food! And do see how prettily the little frisking lamb skips
+around the old tiger, and the snow-white dove with her golden throat
+stands there before the vulture, as if she would caress him.”
+
+Marietta could not satisfy herself with looking. “Had I such a cup,
+mother!” said she, “it is far too beautiful to drink out of: I would
+place my flowers in it and constantly peep into Paradise. We are at the
+fair in Vence, but when I look on the picture I feel as if I were in
+Paradise.”
+
+So spoke Marietta, and called her companions to the spot, to share her
+admiration of the cup: but the young men soon joined the maidens, until
+at length almost half the inhabitants of Napoule were assembled before
+the wonderfully beautiful cup. But miraculously beautiful was it mainly
+from its inestimable, translucent porcelain, with gilded handles and
+glowing colors. They asked the merchant timidly: “Sir, what is the price
+of it?” And he answered: “Among friends, it is worth a hundred livres.”
+ Then they all became silent, and went away in despair. When the
+Napoulese were all gone from the front of the shop, Colin came there by
+stealth, threw the merchant a hundred livres upon the counter, had the
+cup put in a box well packed with cotton, and then carried it off. What
+evil plans he had in view no one would have surmised.
+
+Near Napoule, on his way home, it being already dusk, he met old
+Jacques, the Justice’s servant, returning from the fields. Jacques was a
+very good man, but excessively stupid.
+
+“I will give thee money enough to get something to drink, Jacques,” said
+Colin, “if thou wilt bear this box to Manon’s house, and leave it there;
+and if any one should see thee, and inquire from whom the box came, say
+‘A stranger gave it to me.’ But never disclose my name, or I will always
+detest thee.”
+
+Jacques promised this, took the drink-money and the box, and went with
+it toward the little dwelling between the olive trees and the African
+acacias.
+
+
+
+
+THE CARRIER.
+
+Before he arrived there he encountered his master, Justice Hautmartin,
+who asked; “Jacques, what art thou carrying?”
+
+“A box for Mother Manon. But, sir, I cannot say from whom it comes.”
+
+“Why not?”
+
+“Because Colin would always detest me.”
+
+“It is well that thou canst keep a secret. But it is already late; give
+me the box, for I am going to-morrow to see Mother Manon; I will deliver
+it to her and not betray that it came from Colin. It will save thee a
+walk, and furnish me a good excuse for calling on the old lady.”
+
+Jacques gave the box to his master, whom he was accustomed to obey
+implicitly in all things. The justice bore it into his chamber, and
+examined it by the light with some curiosity. On the lid was neatly
+written with red chalk: “For the lovely and dear Marietta.” But Monsieur
+Hautmartin well knew that this was some of Colin’s mischief, and that
+some knavish trick lurked under the whole. He therefore opened the box
+carefully for fear that a mouse or rat should be concealed within.
+When he beheld the wondrous cup, which he had seen at Vence, he was
+dreadfully shocked, for Monsieur Hautmartin was a skilful casuist, and
+knew that the inventions and devices of the human heart are evil from
+our youth upward. He saw at once that Colin designed this cup as a
+means of bringing misfortune upon Marietta: perhaps to give out, when it
+should be in her possession, that it was the present of some successful
+lover in the town, or the like, so that all decent people would
+thereafter keep aloof from Marietta. Therefore Monsieur Hautmartin
+resolved, in order to prevent any evil reports, to profess himself
+the giver. Moreover, he loved Marietta, and would gladly have seen her
+observe more strictly toward himself the sayings of the gray-headed
+priest Jerome, “Little children, love one another.” In truth, Monsieur
+Hautmartin was a little child of fifty years old, and Marietta did
+not think the saying applied particularly to him. Mother Manon, on the
+contrary, thought that the justice was a clever little child, he had
+gold and a high reputation from one end of Napoule to the other. And
+when the justice spoke of marriage, and Marietta ran away in affright,
+Mother Manon remained sitting, and had no fear for the tall, staid
+gentleman. It must also be confessed there were no faults in his person.
+And although Colin might be the handsomest man in the village, yet the
+justice far surpassed him in two things, namely, in the number of years,
+and in a very, very big nose. Yes, this nose, which always went before
+the justice like a herald to proclaim his approach, was a real elephant
+among human noses.
+
+With this proboscis, his good purpose, and the cup, the justice went the
+following morning to the house between the olive trees and the African
+acacias.
+
+“For the beautiful Marietta,” said he, “I hold nothing too costly.
+Yesterday you admired the cup at Vence; to-day allow me, lovely
+Marietta, to lay it and my devoted heart at your feet.”
+
+Manon and Marietta were transported beyond measure when they beheld the
+cup. Manon’s eyes glistened with delight, but Marietta turned and said:
+“I can neither take your heart nor your cup.”
+
+Then Mother Marion was angry, and cried out: “But I accept both heart
+and cup. Oh, thou little fool, how long wilt thou despise thy good
+fortune! For whom dost thou tarry? Will a count of Provence make thee
+his bride, that thou scornest the Justice of Napoule? I know better how
+to look after my interests. Monsieur Hautmartin, I deem it an honor to
+call thee my son-in-law.”
+
+Then Marietta went out and wept bitterly, and hated the beautiful cup
+with all her heart.
+
+But the justice, drawing the palm of his flabby hand over his nose,
+spoke thus judiciously:
+
+“Mother Manon, hurry nothing. The dove will at length, when it learns
+to know me better, give way. I am not impetuous. I have some skill among
+women, and before a quarter of a year passes by I will insinuate myself
+into Marietta’s good graces.”
+
+“Thy nose is too large for that,” whispered Marietta, who listened
+outside the door and laughed to herself. In fact, the quarter of a year
+passed by and Monsieur Hautmartin had not yet pierced the heart even
+with the tip of his nose.
+
+
+
+
+THE FLOWERS.
+
+During this quarter of a year Marietta had other affairs to attend to.
+The cup gave her much vexation and trouble, and something else besides.
+
+For a fortnight nothing else was talked of in Napoule, and every one
+said it is a present from the justice, and the marriage is already
+agreed upon. Marietta solemnly declared to all her companions that she
+would rather plunge to the bottom of the sea than marry the justice,
+but the maidens continued to banter her all the more, saying: “Oh, how
+blissful it must be to repose in the shadow of his nose!” This was her
+first vexation.
+
+Then Mother Manon had the cruelty to force Marietta to rinse out the
+cup every morning at the spring under the rock and to fill it with fresh
+flowers. She hoped by this to accustom Marietta to the cup and heart of
+the giver. But Marietta continued to hate both the gift and giver, and
+her work at the spring became an actual punishment.
+
+Second vexation.
+
+Then, when in the morning, she came to the spring, twice every week she
+found on the rock, immediately over it, some most beautiful flowers,
+handsomely arranged, all ready for the decoration of the cup. And on the
+flower-stalks a strip of paper was always tied, on which was written,
+“Dear Marietta.” Now no one need expect to impose upon little Marietta
+as if magicians and fairies were still in the world. Consequently she
+knew that both the flowers and papers must have come from Monsieur
+Hautmartin. Marietta, indeed, would not smell them because the living
+breath from out of the justice’s nose had perfumed them. Nevertheless
+she took the flowers, because they were finer than wild flowers, and
+tore the slip of paper into a thousand pieces, which she strewed upon
+the spot where the flowers usually lay. But this did not vex Justice
+Hautmartin, whose love was unparalleled in its kind as his nose was in
+its kind. Third vexation.
+
+At length it came out in conversation with Monsieur Hautmartin that
+he was not the giver of the beautiful flowers. Then who could it be?
+Marietta was utterly astounded at the unexpected discovery. Thenceforth
+she took the flowers from the rock more kindly; but, further, Marietta
+was--what maidens are not wont to be--very inquisitive. She conjectured
+first this and then that young man in Napoule. Yet her conjectures were
+in vain. She looked and listened far into the night; she rose earlier
+than usual But she looked and listened in vain. And still twice a week
+in the morning the miraculous flowers lay upon the rock, and upon the
+strip of paper wound round them she always read the silent sigh, “Dear
+Marietta!” Such an incident would have made even the most indifferent
+inquisitive. But curiosity at length became a burning pain. Fourth
+vexation.
+
+
+
+
+WICKEDNESS UPON WICKEDNESS.
+
+Now Father Jerome, on Sunday, had again preached from the text:
+“Mysterious are the dispensations of Providence.” And little Marietta
+thought, if Providence would only dispense that I might at length find
+out who is the flower dispenser. Father Jerome was never wrong.
+
+On a summer night, when it was far too warm to rest, Marietta awoke very
+early, and could not resume her sleep. Therefore she sprang joyously
+from her couch as the first streaks of dawn flashed against the window
+of her little chamber, over the waves of the sea and the Lerinian Isles,
+dressed herself, and went out to wash her forehead, breast, and arms in
+the cool spring. She took her hat with her, intending to take a walk by
+the sea-shore, as she knew of a retired place for bathing.
+
+In order to reach this retired spot, it was necessary to pass over the
+rocks behind the house, and thence down through the orange and palm
+trees. On this occasion Marietta could not pass through them; for,
+under the youngest and most slender of the palms lay a tall young man
+in profound sleep--near him a nosegay of most splendid flowers. A white
+paper lay thereon, from which probably a sigh was again breathing. How
+could Marietta get by there?
+
+She stood still, trembling with fright. She would go home again. Hardly
+had she retreated a couple of steps, ere she looked again at the sleeper
+and remained motionless. Yet the distance prevented her from recognizing
+his face. Now the mystery was to be solved, or never. She tripped
+lightly nearer to the palms; but he seemed to stir--then she ran again
+toward the cottage. His movements were but the fearful imaginings of
+Marietta. Now she returned again on her way toward the palms; but his
+sleep might perhaps be only dissembled--swiftly she ran toward the
+cottage--but who would flee for a mere probability? She trod more boldly
+the path toward the palms.
+
+With these fluctuations of her timid and joyous spirit, between fright
+and curiosity, with these to-and-fro trippings between the house and
+the palm-trees, she at length nearly approached the sleeper; at the same
+time curiosity became more powerful than fear.
+
+“What is he to me? My way leads me directly past him. Whether he sleeps
+or wakes, I will go straight on.” So thought Manon’s daughter. But
+she passed not by, but stood looking directly in the face of the
+flower-giver, in order to be certain who it was. Besides, he slept as if
+it were the first time in a month. And who was it? Now, who else should
+it be but the archwicked Colin.
+
+So it was _he_ who had annoyed the gentle maiden, and given her so much
+trouble with Monsieur Hautmartin, because he bore a grudge against her;
+he had been the one who had teased her with flowers, in order to torture
+her curiosity. Wherefore? He hated Marietta. He behaved himself always
+most shamefully toward the poor child. He avoided her when he could; and
+when he could not, he grieved the good-natured little one. With all the
+other maidens of Napoule he was more chatty, friendly, courteous, than
+toward Marietta. Consider--he had never once asked her to dance, and yet
+she danced bewitchingly.
+
+Now there he lay, surprised, taken in the act. Revenge swelled in
+Marietta’s bosom. What disgrace could she subject him to? She took the
+nosegay, unloosened it, strewed his present over the sleeper in scorn.
+But the paper, on which appeared again the sigh, “Dear Marietta!” she
+retained, and thrust quickly into her bosom. She wished to preserve this
+proof of his handwriting. Marietta was sly. Now she would go away. But
+her revenge was not yet satisfied. She could not leave the place without
+returning Colin’s ill-will.
+
+She took the violet-colored silken ribbon from her hat, and threw it
+lightly around the sleeper’s arm and around the tree, and with three
+knots tied Colin fast. Now when he awoke, how astonished he would be!
+How his curiosity would torment him to ascertain who had played him this
+trick! He could not possibly know. So much the better; it served him
+right. She seemed to regret her work when she had finished it. Her bosom
+throbbed impetuously. Indeed, I believe that a little tear filled her
+eye, as she compassionately gazed upon the guilty one. Slowly
+she retreated to the orange grove by the rocks--she looked around
+often--slowly ascended the rocks, looking down among the palm trees as
+she ascended. Then she hastened to Mother Manon, who was calling her.
+
+
+
+
+THE HAT BAND.
+
+That very day Colin practised new mischief. What did he? He wished to
+shame the poor Marietta publicly. Ah! she never thought that every one
+in Napoule knew her violet-colored ribbon! Colin remembered it but too
+well. Proudly he bound it around his hat, and exhibited it to the gaze
+of all the world as a conquest. And male and female cried out: “He has
+received it from Marietta.”--And all the maidens said angrily: “The
+reprobate!” And all the young men who liked to see Marietta cried out:
+“The reprobate!”
+
+“How! Mother Manon?” shrieked the Justice Hautmartin when he came to her
+house, and he shrieked so loudly that it re-echoed wonderfully through
+his nose. “How! do you suffer this? my betrothed presents the young
+proprietor Colin with her hat-band! It is high time that we celebrate
+our nuptials. When that is over, then I shall have a right to speak.”
+
+“You have a right!” answered Mother Manon, “if things are so, the
+marriage must take place forthwith. When that is done, all will go
+right.”
+
+“But, Mother Manon, Marietta always refuses to give me her consent.”
+
+“Prepare the marriage feast.”
+
+“But she will not even look kindly at me; and when I seat myself at her
+side, the little savage jumps up and runs away.”
+
+“Justice, only prepare the marriage feast.”
+
+“But if Marietta resists--”
+
+“We will take her by surprise. We will go to Father Jerome on Monday
+morning early, and he shall quietly celebrate the marriage. This we can
+easily accomplish with him. I am her mother, you the first judicial
+person in Napoule. He must obey. Marietta need know nothing about it.
+Early on Monday morning I will send her to Father Jerome all alone, with
+a message so that she will suspect nothing. Then the priest shall speak
+earnestly to her. Half an hour afterward we two will come. Then swiftly
+to the altar. And even if Marietta should then say No, what does it
+matter? The old Priest can hear nothing. But till then, mum to Marietta
+and all Napoule.”
+
+So the secret remained with the two. Marietta dreamed not of the good
+luck which was in store for her. She thought only of Colin’s wickedness,
+which had made her the common talk of the whole place. Oh! how she
+repented her heedlessness about the ribbon; and yet in her heart she
+forgave the reprobate his crime. Marietta was far too good. She told her
+mother, she told all her playmates, “Colin has found my lost hat band. I
+never gave it to him. He only wishes to vex me with it. You all know
+that Colin was always ill-disposed towards me, and always sought to
+mortify me!”
+
+Ah! the poor child! she knew not what new abomination the malicious
+fellow was again contriving.
+
+
+
+
+THE BROKEN CUP.
+
+
+Early in the morning Marietta went to the spring with the cup. There
+were no flowers yet on the rock. It was still quite too early; for the
+sun had scarcely risen from the sea.
+
+Footsteps were heard. Colin came in sight, the flowers in his hand.
+Marietta became very red. Colin stammered out “good morning, Marietta,”
+ but the greeting came not from his heart, he could hardly bring it over
+his lips.
+
+“Why dost thou wear my ribbon so publicly, Colin?” said Marietta, and
+placed the cup upon the rock. “I did not give it thee.”
+
+“Thou didst not give it to me, dear Marietta?” asked he, and inward rage
+made him deadly pale.
+
+Marietta was ashamed of the falsehood, drooped her eyelids, and said
+after a while, “Well, I did give it to thee, yet thou shouldst not have
+worn it so openly. Give it me back again.”
+
+Slowly he untied it; his anger was so great that he could not prevent
+the tears from filling his eyes, nor the sighs from escaping his
+breast.--“Dear Marietta, leave thy ribbon with me,” said he softly.
+
+“No,” answered she.
+
+Then his suppressed passion changed into desperation. Sighing, he looked
+towards Heaven, then sadly on Marietta, who, silent and abashed, stood
+by the spring with downcast eyes.
+
+He wound the violet coloured ribbon around the stalks of the flowers,
+said “there, take them all,” and threw the flowers so spitefully against
+the magnificent cup upon the rock, that it was thrown down and dashed to
+pieces. Maliciously he fled away.
+
+Mother Manon lurking behind the window, had seen and heard all. When the
+cup broke, hearing and sight left her. She was scarcely able to speak
+for very horror. And as she pushed with all her strength against the
+narrow window, to shout after the guilty one, it gave way, and with one
+crash fell to the earth and was shattered in pieces.
+
+So much ill luck would have discomposed any other woman. But Manon soon
+recovered herself. “How lucky that I was a witness to this roguery!”
+ exclaimed she; “he must to the Justice.--He shall replace both cup and
+window-sash with his gold. It will give a rich dowry to Marietta But
+when Marietta brought in the fragments of the shattered cup, when Manon
+saw the Paradise lost, the good man Adam without a head, and of Eve not
+a solitary limb remaining, the serpent unhurt, triumphing, the tiger
+safe, but the little lamb gone even to the very tail, as if the tiger
+had swallowed it, then Mother Manon screamed forth curses against Colin,
+and said: ‘One can easily see that this _fall_ came from the hand of the
+devil.’”
+
+
+
+
+THE TRIBUNAL.
+
+She took the cup in one hand, Marietta in the other, and went, about
+nine o’clock, to when Monsieur Hautmartin was wont to sit in judgment.
+She there made a great outcry, and showed the broken cup and the
+Paradise lost. Marietta wept bitterly.
+
+The justice, when he saw the broken cup and his beautiful bride in
+tears, flew into so violent a rage toward Colin that his nose was
+as violet-colored as Marietta’s well-known hat-band, He immediately
+despatched his bailiffs to bring the criminal before him.
+
+Colin came, overwhelmed with grief. Mother Manon now repeated
+her complaint with great eloquence before justice, bailiffs, and
+scribes.--But Colin listened not. He stepped to Marietta and whispered
+to hen “Forgive me, dear Marietta, as I forgive thee. I broke thy cup
+unintentionally; but thou, thou hast broken my heart!”
+
+“What whispering is that?” cried Justice Hautmartin, with magisterial
+authority. “Harken to this accusation, and defend yourself.”
+
+“I have naught to defend. I broke the cup against my will,” said Colin.
+
+“That I verily believe,” said Marietta, sobbing. “I am as guilty as he;
+for I offended him--then he threw the ribbon and flowers to me. He could
+not help it.”
+
+“Well!” cried Mother Manon. “Do you intend to defend him? Mr. Justice,
+pronounce his sentence. He has broken the cup, and he does not deny it.”
+
+“Since you cannot deny it, Mr. Colin,” said the Justice, “you must pay
+three hundred livres for the cup, for it is worth that; and then for--”
+
+“No,” interrupted Colin, “it is not worth that. I bought it at Vence for
+Marietta for a hundred livres.”
+
+“You bought it, sir brazen face?” shrieked the Justice, and his whole
+face became like Marietta’s hat-hand. He could not and would not say
+more, for he dreaded a disagreeable investigation of the matter.
+
+But Colin was vexed at the imputation, and said: “I sent this cup on
+the evening of the fair, by your own servant, to Marietta. There stands
+Jacques in the door. Speak, Jacques, did I not give thee the box to
+carry to Mother Manon?”
+
+Monsieur Hautmartin wished to interrupt this conversation by speaking
+loudly. But the simple Jacques said: “Only recollect, Justice, you took
+away Colin’s box from me, and carried what was in it to Mother Manon.
+The box lies there under the papers.”
+
+Then the bailiffs were ordered to remove the simpleton; and Colin was
+also directed to retire, until he should be sent for again.
+
+“Very well, Mr. Justice,” interposed Colin, “but this business shall be
+your last in Napoule. I know this, that you would ingratiate yourself
+with Mother Manon and Marietta by means of my property. When you want
+me, you will have to ride to Grasse to the Governor’s.” With that, Colin
+departed.
+
+Monsieur Hautmartin was quite puzzled with this affair, and in his
+confusion knew not what he was about. Manon shook her head. The affair
+was dark and mysterious to her. “Who will now pay me for the broken
+cup?” she asked.
+
+“To me,” said Marietta, with glowing, brightened countenance, “_to me_
+it is already paid for.”
+
+
+
+
+MYSTERIOUS DISPENSATIONS.
+
+Colin rode that same day to the Governor at Grasse, and came back
+early the next morning. But Justice Hautmartin only laughed at him, and
+removed all of Mother Manon’s suspicions by swearing he would let his
+nose be cut off if Colin did not pay three hundred livres for the broken
+cup. He also went with Mother Manon to talk with Father Jerome about
+the marriage, and impressed upon him the necessity of earnestly setting
+before Marietta her duty _as_ an obedient daughter in not opposing
+the will of her mother. This the pious old man promised, although he
+understood not the half of what they shouted in his ear.
+
+When Monday morning came Mother Manon said to her daughter: “Dress
+yourself handsomely, and carry this myrtle wreath to Father Jerome; he
+wants it for a bride.” Marietta dressed herself in her Sunday clothes,
+took the myrtle wreath unsuspiciously, and carried it to Father Jerome.
+
+On the way Colin met her, and greeted her joyfully, though timidly; and
+when she told him where she was taking the wreath, Colin said: “I am
+going the same way, for I am carrying the money for the church’s tenths
+to the priest.” And as they went on he took her hand silently, and both
+trembled as if they designed some crime against each other.
+
+“Hast thou forgiven me?” whispered Colin, anxiously. “Ah! Marietta, what
+have I done to thee, that thou art so cruel toward me?”
+
+She could only say: “Be quiet, Colin, you shall have the ribbon again;
+and I will preserve the cup since it came from you! Did it really come
+from you?”
+
+“Ah! Marietta, canst thou doubt it? All I have I would gladly give thee.
+Wilt thou, hereafter, be as kind to me as thou art to others?”
+
+She replied not. But as she entered the parsonage she looked aside at
+him, and when she saw his fine eyes filled with tears, she whispered
+softly: “Dear Colin!” Then he bent down and kissed her hand. With this
+the door of a chamber opened and Father Jerome, with venerable aspect,
+stood before them. The young couple held fast to each other. I know not
+whether this was the effect of the hand-kissing, or the awe they felt
+for the sage.
+
+Marietta handed him the myrtle wreath. He laid it upon her head and
+said: “Little children, love one another;” and then urged the good
+maiden, in the most touching and pathetic manner, to love Colin. For
+the old gentleman, from his hardness of hearing, had either mistaken the
+name of the bridegroom, or forgotten it, and thought Colin must be the
+bridegroom.
+
+Then Marietta’s heart softened under the exhortation, and with tears and
+sobs she exclaimed: “Ah! I have loved him for a long time, but he hates
+me.”
+
+“I hate thee, Marietta?” cried Colin. “My soul has lived only in thee
+since thou earnest to Napoule. Oh! Marietta, how could I hope and
+believe that thou didst love me? Does not all Napoule worship thee?”
+
+“Why, then, dost thou avoid me, Colin, and prefer all my companions
+before me?”
+
+“Oh! Marietta, I feared and trembled with love and anxiety when I beheld
+thee; I had not the courage to approach thee; and when I was away from
+thee I was most miserable.”
+
+As they talked thus with each other the good father thought they were
+quarreling; and he threw his arms around them, brought them together,
+and said imploringly: “Little children, love one another.”
+
+Then Marietta sank on Colin’s breast, and Colin threw his arms around
+her, and both faces beamed with rapture. They forgot the priest, the
+whole world. Each was sunk into the other, Both had so completely lost
+their recollection that, unwittingly, they followed the delightful
+Father Jerome into the church and before the altar.
+
+“Marietta!” sighed he.
+
+“Colin!” sighed she.
+
+In the church there were many devout worshipers; but they witnessed
+Colin’s and Marietta’s marriage with amazement. Many ran out before the
+close of the ceremony, to spread the news throughout Napoule: “Colin and
+Marietta are married.”
+
+When the solemnization was over, Father Jerome rejoiced that he had
+succeeded so well, and that such little opposition had been made by the
+parties. He led them into the parsonage.
+
+
+
+
+END OF THIS MEMORABLE HISTORY.
+
+Then Mother Manon arrived, breathless; she had waited at home a long
+time for the bride-groom. He had not arrived. At the last stroke of the
+clock she grew anxious and went to Monsieur Hautmartin’s. There anew
+surprise awaited her. She learned that the Governor, together with
+the officers of the Viguerie, had appeared and taken possession of
+the accounts, chests, and papers of the justice and at the same time
+arrested Monsieur Hautmartin.
+
+“This, surely, is the work of that wicked Colin,” thought she, and
+hurried to the parsonage in order to apologize to Father Jerome for
+delaying the marriage. The good gray-headed old man advanced toward her,
+proud of his work, and leading by the hand the newly married pair.
+
+Now Mother Manon lost her wits and her speech in good earnest when she
+learned what had happened. But Colin had more thoughts and power of
+speech than in his whole previous life. He told of his love and the
+broken cup, the falsehood of the justice, and how he had unmasked this
+unjust magistrate in the Viguerie at Grasse. Then he besought Mother
+Manon’s blessing, since all this had happened without any fault on the
+part of Marietta or himself.
+
+Father Jerome, who for a long while could not make out what had
+happened, when he received a full explanation of the marriage through
+mistake, piously folded his hands and exclaimed, with uplifted eyes:
+“Wonderful are the dispensations of Providence!” Colin and Marietta
+kissed his hands; Mother Manon, through sheer veneration of heaven, gave
+the young couple her blessing, but remarked incidentally that her head
+seemed turned round.
+
+Mother Manon herself was pleased with her son-in-law when she came to
+know the full extent of his property, and especially when she found that
+Monsieur Hautmartin and his nose had been arrested.
+
+“But am I then really a wife?” asked Marietta; “and really Colin’s
+wife?”
+
+Mother Manon nodded her head, and Marietta hung upon Colin’s arm. Thus
+they went to Colin’s farm, to his dwelling-house, through the garden.
+
+“Look at the flowers, Marietta,” said Colin; “how carefully I cultivated
+them for your cup!”
+
+Colin, who had not expected so pleasant an event, now prepared a wedding
+feast on the spur of the occasion. Two days was it continued. All
+Napoule was feasted. Who shall describe Colin’s extravagance?
+
+The broken cup is preserved in the family to the present day as a
+memorial and sacred relic.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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