. Aucassin and Nicolette;. AUCASSIN AND NICOLETE love. To the mind of a middle-agedman, nothing more clearly declaresthe author, too, to be middle-aged,than the character of Nicolete. Sheis not made of sugar and spice andall thats nice, as love-sick boys liketo imagine their mistresses. For allher beauty and her slenderness sheis a very capable young woman, witha will of her own and plenty of enter-prise and courage. Certainly, she isnone the less adorable for being, asPater discerned, a beautiful, weird,foreign girl, with strange powersand a strange intensity. We areglad with a personal joy t
. Aucassin and Nicolette;. AUCASSIN AND NICOLETE love. To the mind of a middle-agedman, nothing more clearly declaresthe author, too, to be middle-aged,than the character of Nicolete. Sheis not made of sugar and spice andall thats nice, as love-sick boys liketo imagine their mistresses. For allher beauty and her slenderness sheis a very capable young woman, witha will of her own and plenty of enter-prise and courage. Certainly, she isnone the less adorable for being, asPater discerned, a beautiful, weird,foreign girl, with strange powersand a strange intensity. We areglad with a personal joy to leavethese great friends and lovers to- xlii c?i>*j sir;. ~X2i. )o>
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