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“And there before you on the hill stands Vève-Celles, the castle, wth the curse upon it, the blasting curse of the Hunchback.”
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Of course, after this we must go and see the Château of Vève-Celles, which now occupies the site of the castle which Pepin D’Héristal built in the year 685, whereon the curse of the hunchback fell heavily [...] The present castle dates from the fifteenth century, and belongs to the family of Beaufort. (p. 24)