. The select works of Bret Hartte in prose and poetry. He is famous He is noble She adores him She admires his cravat, his little gloves—his exquisite pantaloons—his eoat! . . But what is this new and ravishing light that breaks upon her? The toilette andwedding clothes 1—La You are an Englishman, and you dont understand Fantine was the soul of modesty. She always wore high neck dresses Fantine loved Thomolyes. Why ?—Fantine, LA FEMME. 231 but magnanimous. He is wearied, perhaps. She sees himthe next day offering flowers to the daughter of Madame laComtesse Blanchisseuse. She is agai
. The select works of Bret Hartte in prose and poetry. He is famous He is noble She adores him She admires his cravat, his little gloves—his exquisite pantaloons—his eoat! . . But what is this new and ravishing light that breaks upon her? The toilette andwedding clothes 1—La You are an Englishman, and you dont understand Fantine was the soul of modesty. She always wore high neck dresses Fantine loved Thomolyes. Why ?—Fantine, LA FEMME. 231 but magnanimous. He is wearied, perhaps. She sees himthe next day offering flowers to the daughter of Madame laComtesse Blanchisseuse. She is again in tears. She reads Paul et Virginie. She is secretly she reads how the exemplary young woman laiddowa her life rather than appear en deshabille to her lover,she weeps again. Tasteful and virtuous Bernardine de !—the daughters of France admire you! All this time her doll is headless in the cabinet. Themud pie is broken on the road. VI. THE WIFE. She is tired of loving, and she marries. Her mother thinks it, on the whole, the best thing. Asthe day approaches, she is found frequently in tears. Hermother will not permit the affianced one to see her, and hemakes several attempts to commit suicide. But something happens. Perhaps it is winter, and th
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