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"What! you! Sophie--Roxane--Mademoiselle B------, is it possible?--" My confusion was extreme, but she appeared to view it without annoyance. "I saw you," she went on, "in one corner of the pit. I knew you instantly and played for you. Say, did I play well? I am so glad to see you again!--" She asked me news of M. l'Abbe Coignard, and when I told her my good master had just perished miserably, she burst into tears. She was good enough to inform me of the chief events of her life: "My aunt," she said, "used to mend her laces for Madame de Saint-Remi, who, as you must know, is an admirable actress. A short while after the night when you did me such yeoman service, I went to her house to take home some pieces of lace. The lady told me I had a face that interested her. She then asked me to read some verses, and concluded I was not without wits. She had me trained. I made my first appearance at the Comedie last year. I interpret passions I have felt myself, and the public credits me with some talent. M. le Duc de La ------ exhibits a very dear friendship for me, and I think he will never cause me pain and disappointment, because I have learnt to ask of men only what they can give. At this moment he is expecting me at supper. I must not break my word." But, reading my vexation in my eyes, she added: "However, I have told my people to go the longest way round and to drive slowly." End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche, by Anatole France *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK JACQUES TOURNEBROCHE *** ***** This file should be named 25407.txt or 25407.zip ***** This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/5/4/0/25407/ Produced by David Widger Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed. Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you charge for the eBooks, unless you receive s
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