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ced herself on my knee; then; folding her little hands demurely before her; shaking back her curls and lifting her eyes to the ceiling; she menced singing a song from some opera。 It was the strain of a forsaken lady; who; after bewailing the perfidy of her lover; calls pride to her aid; desires her attendant to deck her in her brightest jewels and richest robes; and resolves to meet the false one that night at a ball; and prove to him; by the gaiety of her demeanour; how little his desertion has affected her。

The subject seemed strangely chosen for an infant singer; but I suppose the point of the exhibition lay in hearing the notes of love and jealousy warbled with the lisp of childhood; and in very bad taste that point was: at least I thought so。

Adèle sang the canzote tunefully enough; and with the na?veté of her age。 This achieved; she jumped from my knee and said; “Now; Mademoiselle; I will repeat you some poetry。”

Assuming an attitude; she began; “La Ligue des Rats: fable de La Fontaine。” She then declaimed the little piece with an attention to punctuation and emphasis; a flexibility of voice and an appropriateness of gesture; very unusual indeed at her age; and which proved she had been carefully trained。

“Was it your mama who taught you that piece?” I asked。

“Yes; and she just used to say it in this way: ‘Qu’ avez vous donc? lui dit un de ces rats; parlez!’ She made me lift my hand—so—to remind me to raise my voice at the question。 No

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