“How white and lovely this limewash is!” she said to herself. “I never got such a good look at it. Mother never lets me approach it. How smooth it is! It must feel nice and pleasant under your feet. I’m going to slide across the basin as if it was ice.” Illustration from "Les Malheurs de Sophie", written by the Countess of Ségur. Illustrated by Marie-Madeleine Franc-Nohain, published in 1933 by Maison Alfred Mame et Fils.

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