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Singular Anedote Of M. Charnace.
SINGULAR ANEDOTE OF M . CHARNACE .
TPIIS gentleman , who had been captain of the body guard to Louis XIV . had retired to his estate in Anjou ; at his villg . there he found tiie following inconvenience : in the avenue before his house stood apoor countryman ' s cottage , and his little garden , which had been there a considerable time , but nothing could induce ' this man to part with itthough he had offers far above it ' s value
, ; but a spirit of contradiction prevailed which is too frequent on these occasions , even when no loss could have attended the resignation , Chaniace not knowing how to act , and being offended at this obstruction to his view , and which destroyed the symmetry of the building , resolved on a stratagem . The countryman who ied itand to whom the house
beoccup , longed , was a taylor of low circumstances , living alone without ' wife or family . Charnace sent for him , he told him he was called , to court on an affair of consequence , and that he should want some liveries made ; they agreed on their price , but Charnace would not admit any delay , and would advance more if he would agree net to PQ out of his house until the work Was completed that he should lay
; , eat , and drink with him , and would' pay him when they parted . The taylor agreed and set to work : in the meantime , Charnace procured the exact plan , and dimensions of his hoiise and garden , and of every thing within , even to the disposition of the furniture , and
earned it all away ; he rebuilt the house just as it was before , at a considerable distance from his , replaced all the goods , formed his little garden , and made quite plain the spot where it stood "before , so that nothing could be perceived : this was performed before the liveries ware done ; and the taylor was carefully watched for fear of any discovery . The work was at length finished , and Charnace amused the man until nightwhen being very dark they
, parted : lie proceeded as usual down the walk , which he thought longer than before . ; turning as he thought towards his house he got amongst the trees and lost himself intirely ; he imagined he had passed the place , and returned again , but found no house ; he could not comprehend the meaning of it . In this manner he spent the night , but day break brought the mystery to light , he still could not
see his house , and from the strangeness of the event , he thought it must be his sight that failed him , after rubbing his ' eyes , like a man just awoke , he looked in every direction , when he thought at a considerable distance he saw a house which resembled his own , the similarity compelled him to go , and he there found the exact model of his former house and gardenwith the furniture in the order he had
, left it ; he ? . t first attributed it to sorcery , but the people soon convinced him by their laughter of the trick ; at first he raged with fury at the cheat , afterwards he sought redress , but the King laughed at the tale , and Charnace enjoyed his avenue and gardens without obstruction or incumbrance .
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Singular Anedote Of M. Charnace.
SINGULAR ANEDOTE OF M . CHARNACE .
TPIIS gentleman , who had been captain of the body guard to Louis XIV . had retired to his estate in Anjou ; at his villg . there he found tiie following inconvenience : in the avenue before his house stood apoor countryman ' s cottage , and his little garden , which had been there a considerable time , but nothing could induce ' this man to part with itthough he had offers far above it ' s value
, ; but a spirit of contradiction prevailed which is too frequent on these occasions , even when no loss could have attended the resignation , Chaniace not knowing how to act , and being offended at this obstruction to his view , and which destroyed the symmetry of the building , resolved on a stratagem . The countryman who ied itand to whom the house
beoccup , longed , was a taylor of low circumstances , living alone without ' wife or family . Charnace sent for him , he told him he was called , to court on an affair of consequence , and that he should want some liveries made ; they agreed on their price , but Charnace would not admit any delay , and would advance more if he would agree net to PQ out of his house until the work Was completed that he should lay
; , eat , and drink with him , and would' pay him when they parted . The taylor agreed and set to work : in the meantime , Charnace procured the exact plan , and dimensions of his hoiise and garden , and of every thing within , even to the disposition of the furniture , and
earned it all away ; he rebuilt the house just as it was before , at a considerable distance from his , replaced all the goods , formed his little garden , and made quite plain the spot where it stood "before , so that nothing could be perceived : this was performed before the liveries ware done ; and the taylor was carefully watched for fear of any discovery . The work was at length finished , and Charnace amused the man until nightwhen being very dark they
, parted : lie proceeded as usual down the walk , which he thought longer than before . ; turning as he thought towards his house he got amongst the trees and lost himself intirely ; he imagined he had passed the place , and returned again , but found no house ; he could not comprehend the meaning of it . In this manner he spent the night , but day break brought the mystery to light , he still could not
see his house , and from the strangeness of the event , he thought it must be his sight that failed him , after rubbing his ' eyes , like a man just awoke , he looked in every direction , when he thought at a considerable distance he saw a house which resembled his own , the similarity compelled him to go , and he there found the exact model of his former house and gardenwith the furniture in the order he had
, left it ; he ? . t first attributed it to sorcery , but the people soon convinced him by their laughter of the trick ; at first he raged with fury at the cheat , afterwards he sought redress , but the King laughed at the tale , and Charnace enjoyed his avenue and gardens without obstruction or incumbrance .