Paris herself again in 1878-9 . daine, a Ceinture Doree, a Belle Petite, nor a Grosse Dormeuse. Une Qrosse Dormeuse, the latest varietyof the hetairee species, is an actress at one of the minor theatres,the value of whose personal property in diamonds exceeds, to anincalculable extent, the amount of her monthly salaiy. Diamonds !Lise, or Amanda, or Pigolette had not seen a diamond bracelethalf a dozen times in the course of her life, and then it was in ajewellers shop-window in the Rue de la Paix. From the begin -ning until the end of the chapter she was a Grisette—nothingmore and nothing less
Paris herself again in 1878-9 . daine, a Ceinture Doree, a Belle Petite, nor a Grosse Dormeuse. Une Qrosse Dormeuse, the latest varietyof the hetairee species, is an actress at one of the minor theatres,the value of whose personal property in diamonds exceeds, to anincalculable extent, the amount of her monthly salaiy. Diamonds !Lise, or Amanda, or Pigolette had not seen a diamond bracelethalf a dozen times in the course of her life, and then it was in ajewellers shop-window in the Rue de la Paix. From the begin -ning until the end of the chapter she was a Grisette—nothingmore and nothing less—and I want to know what has become ofher. Up to the present, in New and Regenerated Paris, I haveonly met with her tawdry, haggard, and fitful ghost in an extra-vagant toilette, very high-heeled shoes with brass tips, and visage( much be-pl^astered with white and red paint. Can this be Rigo-lette ? Can this be Amanda, la brave fille, who earned onefranc seventy-five a day, and was content with little ? Can thisbe Lisette ?. I \ BAHOUCIIE a LUIT RESSORTS IT LoNGOHAMP. II. IO
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