And soon afterwards their marriage feast is prepared with great pomp and ceremony, and Beaucaire has a splendid time of it with tournaments and jousts and dancing. And in the good old fashion, Aucassin and Nicolette are not only married—which any fools can be—but they are happy ever after!
CHAPTER XVI
CARCASSONNE, THE ALBIGENSES AND PIERRE VIDAL
"Oh! garden that is blooming in the fields of Montolian,
Ye are crimsoned with the blood of the slain."
From MS. poem on the Albigensian Crusades
found by M. Fauriel in the "Bibliothèque du Roi."
CHAPTER XVI
CARCASSONNE, THE ALBIGENSES AND PIERRE VIDAL