In order to carry out this design satisfactorily, it was necessary to monopolize the verger of the church for the da. But our Englishman had come early on the day in question, and proposed to himself to fill a note-book and to use several dozens of plates in the process of describing and photographing every corner of the wonderful church that dominates the little hill of Comminges. Half an hour at the church would satisfy them, and all three could then pursue their journey in the direction of Auch. He was a Cambridge man, who had come specially from Toulouse to see St Bertrand's Church, and had left two friends, who were less keen archaeologists than himself, in their hotel at Toulouse, under promise to join him on the following morning. Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was a medieval scholar Provost of King's College, Cambridge. In the spring of 1883 an Englishman arrived at this old-world place-I can hardly dignify it with the name of city, for there are not a thousand inhabitants. 1 2 3 Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James Publication date Usage Public Domain Topics librivox, audiobooks, ghost stories, literature Librivox public domain recording of Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. It was the site of a bishopric until the Revolution, and has a cathedral which is visited by a certain number of tourists. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary: Volume 2, Volume 2 M.R. St Bertrand de Comminges is a decayed town on the spurs of the Pyrenees, not very far from Toulouse, and still nearer to Bagnères-de-Luchon. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories Montague James Limited preview - 2021.
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