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Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863

"The Newcomes"

--Those little imps are look--that has nothing to do with the
question. Viens, Leonore! Tu connois bien, monsieur, n'est-ce pas? qui te
fait de si jolis dessins?
Leonore. Ah, oui! Vous m'en ferez toujours, n'est-ce pas Monsieur Clive?
des chevaux, et puis des petites filles avec leurs gouvernantes, et puis
des maisons--et puis--et puis des maisons encore--ou est bonne maman?
[Exit little LEONORE down an alley.
Ethel. Do you remember when we were children, and you used to make
drawings for us? I have some now that you did--in my geography book,
which I used to read and read with Miss Quigley.
Clive. I remember all about our youth, Ethel.
Ethel. Tell me what you remember?
Clive. I remember one of the days, when I first saw you, I had been
reading the Arabian Nights at school--and you came in in a bright dress
of shot silk, amber, and blue--and I thought you were like that
fairy-princess who came out of the crystal box--because----
Ethel.


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