A mummer's tale . LONDON; JOHN , THE BODLEY HEADNEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY : MCMXXI WILLIAM CLOWBS AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLBS, ENGLAND CONTENTS I. II. III. PACE I 21 2641 ^2 7182 97108 137166176 181186194197 205 212 220 230 A MUMMERS TALE. A MUMMERS TALE CHAPTER I HE scene was an actresss dressing-fj room at the Odeon. F^licie Nanteuil, her hair pow-dered, with blue on her eyelids,rouge on her cheeks and ears, andwhite on her neck and shoulders, was holding outher foot to Madame Michon, the dresser, who wasfitting
A mummer's tale . LONDON; JOHN , THE BODLEY HEADNEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY : MCMXXI WILLIAM CLOWBS AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLBS, ENGLAND CONTENTS I. II. III. PACE I 21 2641 ^2 7182 97108 137166176 181186194197 205 212 220 230 A MUMMERS TALE. A MUMMERS TALE CHAPTER I HE scene was an actresss dressing-fj room at the Odeon. F^licie Nanteuil, her hair pow-dered, with blue on her eyelids,rouge on her cheeks and ears, andwhite on her neck and shoulders, was holding outher foot to Madame Michon, the dresser, who wasfitting on a pair of little black slippers with redheels. Dr. Trublet, the physician attached to thetheatre, and a friend of the actresss, was resting hisbald cranium on a cushion of the divan, his handsfolded upon his stomach and his short legs crossed. What else, my dear ? he inquired of her. Oh, I dont know ! Fits of suffocation ; gid-diness ; and, all of a sudden, an agonizing pain, asif I were going to die. Thats the worst of all. Do you sometimes feel as though you mustlaugh or cry for no apparent reason, about nothingat all? 2 A MUMMERS TALE That I cannot tell you, for in this life one hasso many reasons for laughing or crving I Are you subject to attacks of dizziness ? No. But, just think, doctor, at night, I
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