Probably it is to this
street that she alludes. (Communicated by M. L. Duval,
archivist of the department of the Orne).--M.
Afterwards he came and passed in front of the gentleman and the
advocate, and, letting the sugar-loaf (3) fall near them, as if by
mischance, went into a house whither he had pretended to be carrying it.
The Lord of La Tireliere (4) hastened back with all speed to pick up
what he thought to be a sugar-loaf, and just as he had done so the
apothecary's man also came back looking and asking for his sugar
everywhere.
3 M. Duval, archivist of the Orne, states that La
Tireliere, which is situated near St. Germain-du-Corbois,
within three miles of Alencon, is an old _gentilhommiere_ or
manor-house, surrounded by a moat. It was originally a
simple _vavassonrie_ held in fief from the Counts and Dukes
of Alencon by the Pantolf and Crouches families, and in the
seventeenth century was merged into the marquisate of
L'Isle.--M.
4 Sugar was at this period sold by apothecaries, and was a
rare and costly luxury. There were loaves of various sizes,
but none so large as those of the present time.
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