Each had made his choice; one, the bonfire; another, the maypole; another, the mystery play.

It must be stated, in honor of the good sense of the loungers of Paris, that the greater part of this crowd directed their steps towards the bonfire, which was quite in season, or towards the mystery play, which was to be presented in the grand hall of the Palais de Justice (the courts of law), which was well roofed and walled; and that the curious left the poor, scantily flowered maypole to shiver all alone beneath the sky of January, in thecemetery of the Chapel of Braque.

Maypole in sentence

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