The Knight of the Collegiate Church

Accroche :
The canton is orphaned of a master. The void, once clothed, gets an armchair and a parking space.

Texte :
Ottilie Perregaux, archivist at the château of Neuchâtel, opens a chronicle: the canton is orphaned of a master, and defers to an authority yet to be defined. Down from the attic comes a suit of armour without an owner, which is invested, fought over and made to walk in procession. The Fête des Grappes, its date still under consideration, threatens to outshine Vevey, and the void, once clothed, acquires an armchair and a parking space. Népomucène Ravachol ends the tale on three syllables, said at last, which are enough: ‘On a vu.’