Nodier: The bloody nun Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly Nonna sanglante
A castle dating back Lindemberg, so as to make it uninhabitable. Then appeased by a holy man, he was reduced to occupying one room, which was always closed. But every five years, the fifth of May, at a specific time in the morning, the ghost out of his asylum.
was a nun covered with a veil, and wearing a dress stained with blood. She held in one hand a dagger, and the other a lighted lamp, and descended the staircase, traversed the course, emerged through the front door, we were careful to leave open, and disappeared.
The return of the mysterious time was near to come, when the lover Raymond was ordered to give up the hand of the young Agnes, whom he loved madly.
He asked an appointment, obtained it, and offered him a kidnapping. Agnes knew too much purity of heart of her lover, to hesitate to follow him: "In five days, she said that the nun must do its bloody walk. The doors will open to him, and nobody will dare to be on its way. I know I get the proper clothes, and go out without being recognized and be ready at some distance. ... Someone then entered and forced them to separate.
The fifth of May, at midnight, Raymond was the castle gates. A car and two horses were waiting in a nearby cave.
The lights dim, the noise stops, an hour sounds: the doorman following the ancient custom, opened the door. Shows a light tower in the east, traverses part of the castle, down ... .. Agnes Raymond perceives, recognizes the garment, the lamp, the blood and the dagger. He goes, she throws herself into his arms. He is almost unconscious in the car, he leaves with her, galloping horses.
Agnes uttered not a word.
horses ran out of breath, two jockeys, who tried in vain to restrain them, were overthrown.
Right now, a terrible storm rises, and the raging winds whistle and the thunder rumbles in the middle of a thousand lights and the car breaks taken away .... Raymond falls unconscious.
The next morning he found himself surrounded by peasants who remind of life. They spoke of Agnes, the car of the storm they have seen nothing, know nothing, and it is ten Castle Lindemberg leagues.
He was taken to Regensburg, a doctor dressed his wounds, and recommends rest. The young lover directs research unnecessary miles and a hundred questions, which can not be answered. Everyone thinks he's insane.
But the day goes by, fatigue and exhaustion provide him sleep. He slept quite peacefully, when the clock of a neighboring convent the wake, sounding an hour. A secret horror seized him, his hair bristling, his blood run cold. His door opens violently and, in the light of a lamp on the mantelpiece He sees someone come forward: It's the Bleeding Nun. The spectrum approaches, the stares, and sits on his bed for a whole hour. The clock strikes two hours. The ghost then got up, grabbed the hand of Raymond, his icy fingers, and said Raymond, I am yours you are mine for life. She immediately went out and the door closed behind her.
Free then he screams, he calls, we are increasingly convinced that it is fool increasing its evil, and emergency medicine are in vain.
The next night the nun came again, and his visits were renewed, and for several weeks. The spectrum, visible to him alone was no preview for those he was sleeping in his room.
Raymond learned that Agnes However, exit too late, had vainly sought in the vicinity of the castle where he finds that he had removed the Bleeding Nun. The parents of Agnes, who do not approve of her love, took advantage of the impression made this adventure on his mind, for the determination to take the veil.
Finally Raymond was released from his fearful companion. They brought him a mysterious personage, who was passing Regensburg was shown into his room at the time where the nun was to appear bloody. She saw and trembled at his order, she explained the reason of his importunities: English nun, she left the convent to live in disorder, with the lord of the castle Lindemberg: unfaithful to his lover, as his God She stabbed him: murdered by herself she wanted to marry his partner and his body remained unburied and his wandering soul asylum without a century. She asked a little earth for one, praying for each other. Raymond promised them, and seen no more.
CHARLES NODIER
the Bleeding Nun
A ghost used to appear in the castle of Lindemberg, rendering it uninhabitable. Later, calmed by a holy man, merely to occupy a single room, which remained closed. But every five years, May 5, at one o'clock in the morning, the ghost out of his confinement.
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was a veiled and wearing a bloodstained habit. Carrying a knife in one hand and a lighted lamp in the other, down the stairs, crossed the courtyard, walked out the front door, which still left open, and disappeared.
He was already approaching mysterious moment when the lover Raymond was ordered to give up the hand of the young Agnes, whom he loved madly.
I made an appointment, got it and asked her kidnap. Agnès knew too well the purity of her lover's heart to hesitate to follow:
- missing five days, "he said to the nun bloody give your ride. We open the doors and no one will dare to cruzársele on the road. I know how to get appropriate clothes and go without being recognized. Try to be ready not too far away ...
Then someone came and were forced to separate.
The May 5, at midnight, Raymond was in the castle gates. A car and two horses were waiting in a nearby cave.
The lights dim, the noise stops, the clock strikes one, the goalkeeper, following the ancient custom, opened the front door. In the east tower light appears, runs through part of the castle, down ... Raymond sees Agnes recognizes clothes, lamp, blood and dagger. Approaches, she throws in her arms. The car has almost vanished to, go out together, with horses galloping.
Agnès not utter a word.
The horses ran to run out of breath, two outriders who vainly tried to keep them ended up in the ground.
Then rises a terrible storm, the wind blowing furiously, and the thunder roared in the midst of a thousand lightning, the car, out of control, is shreds ... Raymond faints.
next morning wakes up in the middle of farmers seeking to revive him. He speaks of Agnès, the car of the storm: they have seen nothing, know nothing, and he is ten leagues Lindemberg Castle.
I have to Regensburg, a doctor heals the wounds and advised rest. The young lover ordered thousand goose chases and hundreds of questions nobody can answer. Everyone thinks he has lost his mind.
Meanwhile, spend a day, fatigue and exhaustion will bring the dream. I was sleeping fairly quiet when the clock on a nearby convent, which strikes one, waking him. A secret horror seizes him, he bristles the hair, it freezes blood. The door opens violently and, in light of a lamp that is over the fireplace, you see someone moving toward him is the bloody nun. The spectrum is approached him stares and sits on the bed a whole hour. The clock strikes two. Then the ghost gets up, grabs his hand to Raymond with her cold fingers and says, "I'm yours , Raymond, and you are mine for life ." And then comes out and the door closed behind her.
Seeing
free, Raymond cries, calls, and all are convinced each Again it is not in his senses, his condition deteriorates and the medical aid is useless.
The nun returned the next night, and their visits were repeated in this way for several weeks. The spectrum, which did not perceive any of those who, by order of the young, sleeping in his room, was visible only to him.
Meanwhile, Raymond learned that Agnes had come too late and had searched in vain around the castle, so he deduced that he had kidnapped the bloody nun. Agnes's parents, who disapproved of her love, took the impression that this adventure was in his mind to be decided to take her vows.
Finally, Raymond was released from his fearful companion. Brought to him a mysterious personage who was passing in Regensburg, bringing it into the room at the time the nun was to appear bloody. This saw him and began to tremble, following an order from him, explained the reason for their importunate appearances, was a English nun who had left the convent to lead a wild life with the lord of Lindemberg; unfaithful to her lover as his God, he had stabbed, killed in turn by his accomplice, who wanted to marry, his body had remained unburied and abandoned soul wandered for a century. Asked a little earth for prayers for one another. Raymond promised both and never seen again.
