Imperial Grandeur, Or the Familyc: a Translation of His "la Veillée De ...
Imperial Grandeur, Or the Familyc: a Translation of His "la Veillée De ...
Alfred De Vigny
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There was in it a little person who sang : II etait un oiseau gris Comme un' souris, Qui, pour loger ses petits. Fit un p'tit Nid. And she was saying to her lover, repeatedly : Aimez-moi, aimez-moi, mon p'tit roi. Digitized by VjOOQIC -89- And, as he was seated in the window, she feared some one might see Colas ; and she sang this refrain in her song : Ah ! r'montez vos jambes, car on les voit. I felt an extraordinary, chilly sensation over my whole body when I saw how closely that Rose resembl...ed Pierrette; she was the same height, she wore the same clothes ; her red and blue frock, but with a white petticoat; and she had the same naif and deliberate air ; and her lit- tle feet, with silver buckled shoes and red and blue stockings. — Mon Dieu ! I said to myself, how skillful these actresses must be to take thus, all at once, the appearance of others ! See that famous Mad- emoiselle Colombe, who lives in a beautiful hotel, who came here by post, who has many lackeys, and who goes about Paris dressed like a duchess, and she can make herself resemble, that much, Pierrette !
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