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174.From time to time the peaceful, steady work of the shop would stop for a moment. The blacksmith would let his hammer bounce heavily on the anvil with crystalline little sounds, ....
Alain Fournier, The Wanderer (Le Grand Meaulnes), Signet Classics, New York, 1971, p. 22.
PLACE: Epineul, Department of Cher, Central France.
TIME: 1898
...and from the school we could hear nothing but the rumbling of wagons and the shouts of cowherds at nightfall.
Alain Fournier, The Wanderer (Le Grand Meaulnes), Signet Classics, New York, 1971, p. 25.
PLACE: Epineul, Department of Cher, Central France.
TIME: 1898
The violent clatter of their hobnailed wooden-soled shoes on the school flagstones was succeeded by the muffled sound of their hurried footsteps crunching the gravel of the courtyard and skidding as they turned toward....
Alain Fournier, The Wanderer (Le Grand Meaulnes), Signet Classics, New York, 1971, p. 26.
PLACE: Epineul, Department of Cher, Central France.
TIME: 1898
At half-past twelve, during lunch, we heard the roll of a drum from the crossroads square.... In the twinkling of an eye we were standing at the little gate, with our napkins in our hands. It was Ganache announcing that 'in view of the good weather' there would be a grand performance in the church square that evening at eight o'clock. The wind prevented us from hearing most of what he said, but we were able to make out 'pantomime...songs...trick riding...' with everything punctuated by more drum rolls
Alain Fournier, The Wanderer (Le Grand Meaulnes), Signet Classics, New York, 1971, p. 28.
PLACE: Epineul, Department of Cher, Central France.
TIME: 1898
The little gate of the courtyard was near the dining room door. It squeaked when it opened. At the beginning of our country evenings I usually had a secret hope of hearing the squeak, knowing it would be followed by the sound of wooden soles clacking on the steps of being wiped on the threshold, sometimes by whispering, as if our visitors were working out an agreement before coming in.
Alain Fournier, The Wanderer (Le Grand Meaulnes), Signet Classics, New York, 1971, p. 28.
PLACE: Epineul, Department of Cher, Central France.
TIME: 1898
Now and then the distant voice of a shepherdess, or of a boy calling to a distant companion from one clump of firs to another, had risen in the great calm of the frozen afternoon.
Alain Fournier, The Wanderer (Le Grand Meaulnes), Signet Classics, New York, 1971, p. 29.
PLACE: Epineul, Department of Cher, Central France.
TIME: 1898
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