Chapter 20Paul and I are rather subdued as we drive towards Ceret. We are not sure what to expect. We travel in silence until Paul says, “Do you know that the Pont de Diablo was constructed between 1321 and 1341?”
“No, Paul,” I reply. “I didn't know that.”
“Legend has it that the local people called upon the devil to build it for them and he agreed, providing that he could claim the soul of the first person to cross the bridge. The locals tricked the devil by sending a cat across, and its soul was taken. But for a long time, nobody wanted to cross the bridge, just in case.”
“And did the first person to cross, die?” I ask.
“How should I know, I wasn't around then,” he says.
Silence resumes.
“The bridge was almost blown up at one point, but it was saved by some official. It was during
