Chapter 164 Chapter fifteen

How the Bailiff Restored the Ancient Ritual of Engagement "The bailiff, after drinking a large glass of Breton, said to the duke: "'My lord, what do you think? We don't give wedding souvenirs here? The blood of God! All good manners are cut off; so there are no rabbits in the rabbit's nest, and people have no friends. You see there are In several churches the pre-Christmas "O" sage reception has been cancelled! The whole world is in disarray. The end is coming. While I remember the ancient ritual: Joy, joy, joy!' "As he spoke, he hit the Duke and Duchess, and then the Ladies and Udal.

"The man with the fighting gloves started to move, and the bailiff had nine holes in his head, one bailiff had his right arm broken, another had his upper jaw crooked, and only half was still on the chin, and the little tongue It was also exposed, and the molars and canines were all knocked out. "The tune of the drums was changed, no one in the fighting gloves was seen, the sweets were served again, and they were all rejoiced. The merry friends toasted each other, all toasted the bailiffs and bailiffs, Udal cursed the wedding, He was so unlucky that one of the bailiffs knocked him off his shoulder, but he clinked glasses with the bailiff cheerfully, and the bailiff, whose jaws were broken and unable to speak a word, begged for his life, for he had Can't talk anymore. Royal complained that the bailiff with the broken arm had hit him on the elbow so hard it hurt his heel.

"Truton shielded his left eye with a handkerchief, took out a broken drum, and said: 'Where have I offended them? It's not worth breaking my poor eye, but I also broke my drum. The wedding ceremony Drums are to be played, but the drummers are welcome and never get beaten. Now the devil has to make a hat out of a drum!' "The bailiff was beaten with only one arm, and he said: 'I'll send you a big old official letter, I have it in my back pocket, and use it to mend your drum. For God's sake Come, spare us! For the sake of the Madonna of Riviere, the merciful Madonna, I have no intention of injuring you.'

"A deacon in charge of horses, imitating the good and noble duke of Bossier, said to the bailiff with a broken jaw: "'Are you the ones who are beaten, are you the ones who beat people, or are you people who specialize in fighting? It is not enough to stamp our upper body with black and red patches with your shoes, but you also need to kick our legs with boots? You put Is this called a joke? By God, this is not a joke.' "The bailiff arched his hands, like a child who can't speak, and said with his tongue: 'My, my, my, me, me, me?.' "The bride was crying and laughing, laughing and crying at the same time, and told that the bailiff not only beat her indiscriminately, but also broke her hair, and, moreover, hid her invisible secret. I beat it inside and out.

① It is the famous wine produced in Weilong. ② An old French custom, a kind of prayer that begins nine days before Christmas, and the scriptures all start with the word "Oh". ③ In the old days, priests sent a gold "Oh" New Year's card to those who got married in the church before Christmas.This kind of New Year's card can be forwarded to unmarried young people, which is a good omen for getting married within the year, so it is very popular. ① In ancient times, official letters were written on parchment, which was so strong that it could be used instead of leather.

② Baosaiyan: the place name near Luoshi. ③ Refers to John Chatainier, the general manager of François I and Henry II, whose leg was broken in the Battle of Bavia, and was later enshrined in Bossier Rock. "The duke said: 'Damn it! My lord the king (the title of the bailiff) will break my wife's spine. But I don't blame him, it's the custom at weddings. It's just that I see him calling I'm like an angel, but I'm a devil when I hit me, in the style of a "fighting monk." "The Duchess said: 'He's giving me so much punches and punches for what? I wish the devil would take him. But don't! I'm just saying I've never had anything like that on my shoulder. fingers.'

"The steward hung his left arm as if it had been completely broken, and said: "'Damn it to attend today's wedding. By God, I broke my arm! Is that an engagement? I reckon it's a bullshit engagement. By God! That's what the philosophers of Samosata said. The wedding of the rabbits described.' "The bailiff was silent. The bailiff apologized that they didn't mean it, and begged for God's sake to spare them. "They took their leave. But before they had gone half a mile, something was wrong with the bailiff. The two bailiffs returned to the Île Bouchard, and said openly that there was no one who was kinder than the Duke of Basche, nor the Duke. The family is even more respectable. The two of them have never participated in such a wedding. The fight should be blamed on themselves, because they started it first. I don’t know how long these two people lived.

"But it is known for sure that from now on Basher's money was regarded as murderous to the bailiffs and bailiffs as the gold of Toulouse and the horses of Sejean were to their owners in ancient times, It would be fatal. It is said that the Duke never bothered him again, and Basher's wedding has become an allusion in the common saying." ① Angel: The nickname of the court bailiff. ② "Frere Frappant" (Frere Frappant): The author's name for a troublesome monk. ③ Refers to Lucian.The story quoted here can be found in Lucien's "The Rabbit". ④ Rabiti people: the Dessarian people in mythology, who are famous for taming fierce horses. When King Piritus got married, he insulted the women of the Rabiti country because of the half-man and half-horse god. field.

⑤ In the works of Cicero, Aulus Gallias, Strabau and others, it is said that whoever gets the gold in Toulouse will be unlucky.See Erasmus, Proverbs, Volume I, Chapter 10, Section 98. ⑥ Both Aulus Galias and Erasmus mentioned Sairang's horse, saying that it was a direct descendant of Diomedes' horse. ① See Chapter 5 of the third volume of "Biography of Baron de Feneste" written by De Obi.