Harry Potter: Dawn's Light
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Golden Legend (VII)

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Antoine was actually the French name for him; he could also be called Saint Anthony. He was from Padua but born in Lisbon.

The most famous story about him concerned recovering lost items. It was said that Antony possessed a hymnal he had annotated himself, which he used to teach scripture to his fellow brothers. Yet a young friar became greedy and left the monastery with the book.

Antony did not know Accio, but through prayer he "found" the book. In truth, the young friar regretted it as soon as he reached town, and returned to the order with the book.

Although the free market at Place de Grève was gone, the citizens still found a solution. They sailed their boats from the right bank of the Seine to Île de la Cité, where a new free market formed, accessible by the Pont Neuf.

The Pont Neuf was actually the oldest surviving bridge over the Seine. It had been torn down and rebuilt, rebuilt and torn down; all along, only nobles and ministers had been allowed to cross it for free, while ordinary people had to pay a toll.

Besides a hospital, Île de la Cité also had prisons and courts. How would a secular judge have sentenced that young friar who took Antoine's hymnal?

Saint-Cloud was far livelier with Josephine there than when Georgiana had lived in it. After all, Josephine was much more popular than Georgiana. They stared in surprise as she appeared under the escort of Julian Ouvrard.

Their expressions told her she had guessed correctly. They had all thought she was in Chantilly.

But she ignored them, holding the completed map of the Cotton Belt in her hands.

Politicians were sometimes no different from actors, because both had to perform and cared about theatrical effect. Like

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