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a coat´of´arms painted on it�察�that was stopping before the door�拭─�

     ;Parbleu��Madame Trepof�察─�I exclaimed。 

     ;I   don't   know   anything   about     any   Madame   Trepof�察─  �answered        my 

housekeeper。 ;The woman I saw just now was dressed like a duchess�察�and 

had a little boy with her�察�with lace´frills all along the seams of his clothes。 

And it was that same little Madame Coccoz you once sent a log to�察�when 

she was lying´in here about eleven years ago。 I recognized her at once。; 

     ;What� ─  �I   exclaimed�察   �you   mean   to   say  it   was   Madame   Coccoz�察  �the 

widow of the almanac´peddler�拭─�

     ;Herself�察�Monsieur� �The carriage´door was open for a minute to let her 

little boy�察�who had just come from I don't know where�察�get in。 She hasn't 

changed   scarcely   at   all。   Well�察  �why   should   those   women   change��they 

never worry themselves about anything。 Only the Coccoz woman looks a 

little fatter than she used to be。 And the idea of a woman that was taken in 

here out of pure charity coming to show off her velvets and diamonds in a 

carriage with a crest painted on it� �Isn't it shameful� ─�

     ;Therese� ─�I cried�察�in a terrible voice�察 �if you ever speak to me again 



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about that lady except in terms of the deepest respect�察�you and I will fall 

out�  �。。Bring me the Sevres vases to put those violets in�察�which now give 

the City of Books a charm it never had before。; 

     While Therese went off with a sigh to get the Sevres vases�察�I continued 

to   contemplate   those   beautiful   scattered   violets�察  �whose   odour   spread   all 

about me like the perfume of some sweet presence�察�some charming soul�察�

and   I   asked   myself   how   it   had   been   possible   for   me   never   to   recognise 

Madame Coccoz in the person of the Princess Trepof。 But that vision of 

the young widow�察�showing me her little child on the stairs�察�had been a very 

rapid one。 I had much more reason to reproach myself for having passed 

by a gracious and lovely soul without knowing it。 

     ;Bonnard�察─�I said to myself�察 �thou knowest how to decipher old texts�察�

but thou dost not know how to read in the Book of Life。 That giddy little 

Madame Trepof�察�whom thou once believed to possess no more soul than a 

bird�察�has expended�察�in pure gratitude�察 �more zeal and finer tact than thou 

didst ever show for anybody's sake。 Right royally hath she repaid thee for 

the log´fire of her churching´day� �

     ;Therese� �Awhile   ago   you   were   a   magpie�察  �now   you   are   becoming   a 

tortoise� �Come and give some water to these Parmese violets。; 



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                Part II  The Daughter of 

                               Clementine 



                            Chapter I  The Fairy 



       When I left the train at the Melun station�察�night had already spread its 

peace over the silent country。 The soil�察�heated through all the long day by 

a strong sunby a ;gros soleil�察─�as the harvesters of the Val de Vire say 

still exhaled a warm heavy smell。 Lush dense odours of grass passed over 

the level of the fields。 I brushed away the dust of the railway carriage�察�and 

joyfully inhaled the pure air。 My travelling´bagfilled by my housekeeper 

wit linen and various small toilet articles�察�munditiis�察�seemed so light in my 

hand that I swung it about just as a schoolboy swings his strapped package 

of rudimentary books when the class is let out。 

     Would to Heaven that I were again a little urchin at school� �But it is 

fully   fifty   years   since   my   good   dead   mother   made   me   some   tartines   of 

bread and preserves�察�and placed them in a basket of which she slipped the 

handle over my arm�察�and then led me�察�thus prepared�察�to the school kept by 

Monsieur Douloir�察�at a corner of the Passage du Commerce well known to 

the   sparrows�察  �between   a   court   and   a   garden。   The   enormous   Monsieur 

Douloir smiled upon us genially�察�and patted my cheek to show�察�no doubt�察�

the affectionate interest which my first appearance had inspired。 But when 

my mother had passed out of the court�察�startling the sparrows as she went�察�

Monsieur      Douloir    ceased    to  smilehe    showed     no  more    affectionate 

interest�察   �he   appeared�察   �on   the   contrary�察  �to  consider    me    as  a   very 

troublesome   little   fellow。   I   discovered�察  �later   on�察  �that   he   entertained   the 

same feelings towards all his pupils。 He distributed whacks of his ferule 

with an agility no one could have expected on the part of so corpulent a 

person。 But his first aspect of tender interest invariably reappeared when 

he spoke to any of our mothers in our presence�察�and always at such times�察�



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while warmly praising our remarkable aptitudes�察�he would cast down upon 

us a look of intense affection。 Still�察�those were happy days which I passed 

on the benches of the Monsieur Couloir with my little playfellows�察�who�察�

like myself�察�cried and laughed by turns with all their might�察�from morning 

till evening。 

     After   a   whole   half´century   these   souvenirs   float   up   again�察  �fresh   and 

bright as ever�察�to the surface of memory�察�under this starry sky�察�whose face 

has in no wise changed since then�察�and whose serene and immutable lights 

will doubtless see many other schoolboys such as I was slowly turn into 

grey´headed servants�察�afflicted with catarrh。 

     Stars�察�who have shown down upon each wise or foolish head among 

all my forgotten ancestors�察�it is under your soft light that I now feel stir 

within me a certain poignant regret� �I would that I could have a son who 

might be able to see you when I shall see you no more。 How I should love 

him� �Ah� �such a son wouldwhat am I saying�拭�why�察�he would be no just 

twenty   years   old   if   you   had   only   been   willing�察  �Clementineyou   whose 

cheeks used to look so ruddy under your pink hood� �But you are married 

to   that   young   bank   clerk�察  �Noel Alexandre�察  �who   made   so   many   millions 

afterwards� �I never met you again after your marriage�察�Clementine�察�but I 

can see you now�察�with your bright curls and your pink hood。 

     A looking´glass� �a looking´glass� �a looking´glass� �Really�察�it would be 

curious     to   see   what    I  look   like   now�察   �with   my    white    hair�察  �sighing 

Clementine's name to the stars� �Still�察�it is not right to end with sterile irony 

the thought begun in the spirit of faith and love。 No�察�Clementine�察�if your 

name came to my lips by chance this beautiful night�察�be it for ever blessed�察�

your     dear   name�     �and    may    you    ever�察  �as  a   happy    mother�察    �a  happy 

grandmother�察  �enjoy   to   the   very   end   of   life   with   your   rich   husband   the 

utmost   degree   of   that   happiness   which   you   had   the   right   to   believe   you 

could   not   win   with   the poor   young scholar   who   loved   you�   �Ifthough   I 

cannot   even   now   imagine   itif   your   beautiful   hair   has   become   white�察�

Clementine�察  �bear   worthily   the   bundle   of   keys   confided   to   you   by   Noel 

Alexandre�察      �and   impart     to  your    grandchildren      the   knowledge       of   all 

domestic virtues� �

     Ah� �beautiful Night� �She rules�察�with such noble repose�察�over men and 



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animals alike�察�kindly loosed by her from the yoke of daily toil�察�and even I 

feel her  beneficent   influence�察  �although   my  habits   of   sixty   years  

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