"Days and months passed. I was very happy. Sometimes I thought that I was too happy, it could not last." Part I, Chapter XX. Illustration from "Sans Famille", written by Hector Malot in 1878. 1880 edition illustrated by Emile Bayard and published by Hetzel & Cie.

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