Travels in Southeastern Europe

The burden of the Balkans / by M. Edith Durham.

152 THE BURDEN OF THE BALKANS. was entirely wrecked. The wreckers had even been at the trouble of scratching out the eyes of all the saints they could reach. The Vlah took off his cap and crossed himself boldly before a group of soldiers who crowded round the door and looked black at us. The state of the church was so disgraceful that it was beyond all words. I think the Moslem gendarme spoke first. 'Tell the lady,' he said very eagerly, 'they were obliged to, else we should all have been killed. We must do these things to frighten them. They would kill us all and take our land.' There was a certain feeling of thunder in the air. I withdrew as soon as I had looked well round. Outside were the commanding officer and another, who did not look pleased, but said nothing, and turned away abruptly. The gendarmes went to water the horses, and I went into the priest's hut. Several men were waiting here to speak to me. They were terrified of the soldiers, and prayed me to have them moved. They accused them of no violence, but said they stole the washing put out to dry, and so the few poor garments saved from the burning were lost. (Here Danil told about his twelve shirts.) What they dreaded was that some day they would all be massacred. The state of the church was bad enough to report, but no one could tell me the name of either officer or regiment. However, I learnt it later, and the Russian consulate
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The burden of the Balkans / by M. Edith Durham.
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Durham, Mary Edith, 1863-1944.
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London :: Nelson,
[1905]
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Eastern question (Balkan)
Balkan Peninsula -- Description and travel.

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