Bierstadt Bavarian Landscape painting

Bierstadt Bavarian Landscape painting
Monet Regatta At Argenteuil painting
Waterhouse waterhouse Saint Cecilia painting
Rembrandt The Return of the Prodigal Son painting
shoes alone was enough to wake the dead. Gringoire, who had not quite reached that pass, raised himself up on his elbow.
“Ohè! Hennequin Dandèche! Ohè! Jehan Pincebourde!” they bawled at the pitch of their voices, “old Eustache Moubon, the ironmonger at the corner, is just dead. We’ve got his straw mattress, and we’re going to make a bonfire of it. Come on!”
And with that they flung the mattress right on top of Gringoire, whom they had come up to without perceiving, while at the same time one of them took a handful of straw and lit it at the Blessed Virgin’s lamp.
“Mort-Christ!” gasped Gringoire, “am I going to be too hot now?”
The moment was critical. He was on the point of being caught between fire and water. He made a superhuman effort —such as a coiner would make to escape being boiled alive —staggered to his feet, heaved the mattress back upon the boys, and fled precipitately.