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diff --git a/43831-h/43831-h.htm b/43831-h/43831-h.htm index f80b75a..c085b13 100644 --- a/43831-h/43831-h.htm +++ b/43831-h/43831-h.htm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> <title> The Project Gutenberg eBook of Our Little French Cousin, by Blanche McManus. @@ -107,45 +107,7 @@ table { </style> </head> <body> - - -<pre> - -The Project Gutenberg EBook of Our Little French Cousin, by Blanche McManus - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Our Little French Cousin - -Author: Blanche McManus - -Illustrator: Blanche McManus - -Release Date: September 28, 2013 [EBook #43831] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OUR LITTLE FRENCH COUSIN *** - - - - -Produced by Emmy, Beth Baran and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 43831 ***</div> <div class="figcenter" style="width: 540px;"> <img src="images/cover.jpg" width="540" height="800" alt="cover" /> @@ -504,7 +466,7 @@ early days in the history of America, in a manner of which little American cousins are in no way ignorant.</p> -<p>Joliet, Champlain, La Salle, Père Marquette, +<p>Joliet, Champlain, La Salle, Père Marquette, and many others first pointed the way and mapped out the civilization of America, when it was but the home of the red man, now @@ -547,7 +509,7 @@ out a cordial hand of greeting.</p> <td align="right"><small>PAGE</small></td> </tr> <tr><td align="right">I.</td> -<td align="left"><span class="smcap">At the Farm of La Chaumière</span></td> +<td align="left"><span class="smcap">At the Farm of La Chaumière</span></td> <td align='right'><a href="#Page_1">1</a></td> </tr> <tr><td align="right">II.</td> @@ -555,7 +517,7 @@ out a cordial hand of greeting.</p> <td align='right'><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td> </tr> <tr><td align="right">III.</td> -<td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Fêtes at Rouen</span></td> +<td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Fêtes at Rouen</span></td> <td align='right'><a href="#Page_41">41</a></td> </tr> <tr><td align="right">IV.</td> @@ -571,7 +533,7 @@ out a cordial hand of greeting.</p> <td align='right'><a href="#Page_83">83</a></td> </tr> <tr><td align="right">VII.</td> -<td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Fête of St. Sauveur</span></td> +<td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Fête of St. Sauveur</span></td> <td align='right'><a href="#Page_92">92</a></td> </tr> <tr><td align="right">VIII.</td> @@ -600,7 +562,7 @@ out a cordial hand of greeting.</p> <tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Germaine</span></td> <td align="right"><i><a href="#frontis">Frontispiece</a></i></td> </tr> -<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Farm of <i>La Chaumière</i></span></td> +<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Farm of <i>La Chaumière</i></span></td> <td align='right'><a href="#Page_8">8</a></td> </tr> <tr><td align="left">"<span class="smcap">The city began to unfold before them</span>"</td> @@ -612,7 +574,7 @@ out a cordial hand of greeting.</p> <tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">The Circus</span></td> <td align='right'><a href="#Page_100">100</a></td> </tr> -<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Château Gaillard</span></td> +<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Château Gaillard</span></td> <td align='right'><a href="#Page_106">106</a></td> </tr> </table></div> @@ -638,7 +600,7 @@ out a cordial hand of greeting.</p> <h2>CHAPTER I.<br /> -<small>AT THE FARM OF LA CHAUMIÈRE</small></h2> +<small>AT THE FARM OF LA CHAUMIÈRE</small></h2> <p>"<span class="smcap">Oh</span>, mamma!" cried little Germaine, as @@ -715,8 +677,8 @@ Madame Lafond to the station at Petit Andelys to meet her sister Marie, who had been away at a convent school at Evreux, and who was coming home for the summer holidays. -On their way they were to stop at the Hôtel -Belle Étoile, for it was the birthday—the fête-day, +On their way they were to stop at the Hôtel +Belle Étoile, for it was the birthday—the fête-day, as the French call it—of their good friend the proprietor, M. Auguste, and Madame Lafond was taking him a little present @@ -785,7 +747,7 @@ could shelter hundreds of pigeon families. Under a low shed stood the farm-wagons and the farming tools and implements.</p> -<p><i>La Chaumière</i>, as the farm was known, +<p><i>La Chaumière</i>, as the farm was known, took its name from the thatch-covered cottage. Many of the houses in this part of the country have roofs thatched with straw, as had the @@ -809,7 +771,7 @@ them and hasten their growth.</p> <div class="figleft" style="width: 343px;"> <img src="images/i027.jpg" width="343" height="500" alt="farmyard" /> -<div class="caption">THE FARM OF <i>LA CHAUMIÈRE</i></div> +<div class="caption">THE FARM OF <i>LA CHAUMIÈRE</i></div> </div> <p>Against one corner of the wall were the @@ -862,7 +824,7 @@ white paper for M. Auguste. It was a beautiful walk through the fields and apple orchards, into the road, shaded by old trees that led to the top of the hill, and then down the hillside -past the old Château Gaillard; that wonderful +past the old Château Gaillard; that wonderful castle whose history Germaine never wearied of hearing.</p> @@ -875,7 +837,7 @@ of their neighbours.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span></p> -<p>The château was built by the great Norman +<p>The château was built by the great Norman who became an English king. He was known as Richard the Lion-hearted, because he was so brave and fearless. Perhaps our little English @@ -906,7 +868,7 @@ own hands. It was begun and finished in one year, and when the last stone was placed in the big central tower, King Richard cried out: "Behold my beautiful daughter of a year." -Then he named it Château Gaillard, which is +Then he named it Château Gaillard, which is the French for "Saucy Castle," and stood on its high walls and defied the French king, Philippe-Auguste, who was encamped across @@ -955,7 +917,7 @@ for one can look ten miles up the river on one side and ten miles down on the other. Thus no one could go from France into Normandy without being seen by the watchman on the -tower of the Château Gaillard. Three hundred +tower of the Château Gaillard. Three hundred feet below is the tiny village of Petit Andelys, looking like a lot of toy houses.</p> @@ -980,7 +942,7 @@ listen. It takes the place of a daily newspaper to some extent, and costs nothing to the public.</p> -<p>They were soon at the Hôtel Belle Étoile, +<p>They were soon at the Hôtel Belle Étoile, and found stout, good-natured M. Auguste at the entrance, seeing some of his guests off. He was delighted with the strawberries, and @@ -988,7 +950,7 @@ when Germaine gave him the bouquet of flowers, with a pretty little speech of congratulation for his birthday, he kissed her, French fashion, on both cheeks, and took them into<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span> -the café, where he gave them a sweet fruit-syrup +the café, where he gave them a sweet fruit-syrup to drink. It is always the custom among our French cousins to offer some kind of refreshment on every possible occasion, and @@ -1017,7 +979,7 @@ her neck, with neat black slippers on her feet.</p> <p>"Let me show you how we are going to -celebrate the fête-day of M. Auguste," said +celebrate the fête-day of M. Auguste," said she, smiling, and, opening a box, she showed Germaine the sticks of powder, which they would burn when night came, and make the @@ -1035,12 +997,12 @@ and went off with a bang, as a surprise for<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1 M. Auguste. Also the American and English visitors at the hotel had bought "Roman candles" and some "catharine-wheels," which -were to be let off in front of the Belle Étoile; +were to be let off in front of the Belle Étoile; so the hotel would be very gay that night.</p> <p>M. Auguste's name-day had also been celebrated in another way some time before. On -the fête of St. Auguste it was the custom to +the fête of St. Auguste it was the custom to carry around a big anvil and stop with it in front of the house of every one who is named Auguste or Augustine. A cartridge was @@ -1057,7 +1019,7 @@ and is made from apples.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span></p> -<p>The Belle Étoile, like most of the hotels +<p>The Belle Étoile, like most of the hotels of France, was built with a courtyard in the centre, and around this were galleries or verandas, on which the sleeping-rooms opened. @@ -1071,7 +1033,7 @@ where were kept the great barrels of cider.</p> beautiful garden, set about with shrubs and flowers. At little tables under big, gay, striped garden-umbrellas, the guests of the Belle -Étoile ate their meals. In the country, every +Étoile ate their meals. In the country, every one who can dines in the garden during the summer months, which is another pleasant custom of this people.</p> @@ -1094,7 +1056,7 @@ my dear," would remark M. Auguste, "not like these cold, stolid Normans." But to us foreigners all the French people seem as gay as these good folk of Touraine, the land of -vineyards and beautiful white châteaux.</p> +vineyards and beautiful white châteaux.</p> <p>M. Auguste had also been a great traveller, for his father was well-to-do, and he thought @@ -1129,12 +1091,12 @@ them. He had been also to the rich city of Bordeaux, where the fine wines come from. Oh, M. Auguste is a great traveller, thought Germaine, as they sat together in the kitchen -of the Belle Étoile, while M. Auguste talked +of the Belle Étoile, while M. Auguste talked with Mimi, the white cat, sitting on his shoulder, while Fifine, the black one, was on his knee. They were great pets of M. Auguste, and as well known and liked as himself by the -guests at the Belle Étoile.</p> +guests at the Belle Étoile.</p> <hr class="chap" /> @@ -1175,7 +1137,7 @@ in circles about them as if he had gone mad.</p> <p>"Oh, Marie," cried Germaine and Jean in the same breath, "we have such a lovely surprise for you! You have heard, of course, of -the grand 'Norman Fêtes,' which are to be +the grand 'Norman Fêtes,' which are to be held at Rouen next week! Well, just think, we are all going to see them, that is, you and Jean and me and uncle and aunt, and better @@ -1193,10 +1155,10 @@ know he sends lots of brick to Rouen by the barges—one is being loaded up now at the quay, and he has arranged that we go on it to Rouen and stay on the barge while it is being -unloaded, and see the fêtes. Then we will +unloaded, and see the fêtes. Then we will come back by train. Won't it be glorious?" "And," chimed in Jean, "papa is going to tell -us all about the history of these fêtes after +us all about the history of these fêtes after dinner."</p> <p>M. Daboll's home was a neat little cottage, @@ -1229,7 +1191,7 @@ and study an hour before the "little breakfast" of a roll and butter and chocolate or coffee. Lessons take up the time until noon, when they have their dinner of soup, meat, vegetable, -and cider, with a <i>gâteau</i>, as they call a +and cider, with a <i>gâteau</i>, as they call a cake, on Sundays. After dinner they are<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span> taught plain sewing, and when the sewing hour is over they can play about the gardens until @@ -1247,7 +1209,7 @@ pinched Marie's cheek, "It seems to agree with you, my dear."</p> <p>"Now, papa, you promised to tell us about -these Norman Fêtes," said Jean, when the +these Norman Fêtes," said Jean, when the table had been cleared away, and the little coffee-cups brought out.</p> @@ -1259,7 +1221,7 @@ in the dining-room."</p> <p>Jean was back with it directly, and Uncle Daboll unrolled a big poster, advertising the -fêtes. It showed a fine, strong man in ancient +fêtes. It showed a fine, strong man in ancient armour, seated on a prancing horse, carrying on his arm a shield, emblazoned with two red lions, and holding aloft a spear. Below him @@ -1560,7 +1522,7 @@ church of St. Ouen."</p> <p>The city began to unfold before them, with its long rows of quays lined with shops, hotels, -and cafés on the one side, and ships from all +and cafés on the one side, and ships from all parts of the world on the other.</p> <p>Their barge soon deftly glided into what @@ -1578,7 +1540,7 @@ out of their visit to Rouen as possible.</p> <h2>CHAPTER III.<br /> -<small>THE FÊTES AT ROUEN</small></h2> +<small>THE FÊTES AT ROUEN</small></h2> <p><span class="smcap">It</span> was growing dark when our little party @@ -1624,12 +1586,12 @@ souvenirs for everybody, stood on every corner and did a flourishing trade, and high above the heads of every one floated masses of the small<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span> red, white, and blue balloons, held captive on a -long string, without which no French fête is +long string, without which no French fête is complete. On the sidewalk in front of the -cafés, people were sitting at small tables sipping +cafés, people were sitting at small tables sipping their coffee and the numberless sweet drinks of which the French are so fond, while at each -café a band was playing for the amusement of +café a band was playing for the amusement of its guests, but was also enjoyed by the passing throngs. It took the combined efforts of many natty policemen—"<i>gendarmes</i>," they are @@ -1747,7 +1709,7 @@ roses," as she called her.</p> <p>Aunt Daboll thought that probably she<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span> belonged to one of the parties of English visitors who had come to Rouen to take part in -the Fêtes.</p> +the Fêtes.</p> <p>Very early the following morning they finished their coffee and rolls and began their @@ -1907,7 +1869,7 @@ us stop and buy some post-cards to send home."</p> <p>"It will be better," said Uncle Daboll, "to get them after dinner, and while we are having -our coffee at a café we can write them and send +our coffee at a café we can write them and send them off. If we stop now, we shall be late for dinner, for it is past noon."</p> @@ -1929,12 +1891,12 @@ suits, with their wives in black dresses and white caps, all talking and gesticulating away over their dinner.</p> -<p>There were two pleasant-faced curés in their +<p>There were two pleasant-faced curés in their long, tight black gowns closely buttoned up the front, the brims of their flat black hats caught up on either side with a cord, who had evidently come in from some country parish to -see the fêtes. There was also a solitary +see the fêtes. There was also a solitary bicyclist whose costume betrayed the fact that he was a Frenchman, for no other bicyclists in the world get themselves up in so juvenile a @@ -1964,7 +1926,7 @@ again, when the energetic Jean exclaimed: <p>"Now for a place to rest a little while," cried uncle and aunt in the same breath.</p> -<p>"Here is a pleasant, cool-looking little café +<p>"Here is a pleasant, cool-looking little café across the street; the one with the green shrubs in boxes before it. We will have our coffee there while you select your post-cards. @@ -2018,7 +1980,7 @@ also spoke English, and the little girl explained the situation. Germaine then learned that Ethel was the daughter of the mayor of the English town of Hastings, and he had been -invited to represent England at the fêtes, for +invited to represent England at the fêtes, for it was at Hastings that William the Conqueror had landed, and near there that the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span> great battle of Hastings was fought, which @@ -2027,7 +1989,7 @@ gave England to the Normans.</p> <p>That was so very long ago that everybody in England is now very proud of it, and the English cousins from Hastings were taking -as much interest in the fêtes as the French +as much interest in the fêtes as the French themselves.</p> <p>Germaine blushed while the gentleman was @@ -2036,7 +1998,7 @@ English flag that she had pinned on her dress and gave it to Germaine. When Ethel's papa heard where Germaine lived, he said he had been to Les Andelys, he had stayed at -the Belle Étoile, and knew M. Auguste, and +the Belle Étoile, and knew M. Auguste, and perhaps next year he would come there again and bring Ethel and her mother, and then they should all meet again.</p> @@ -2199,7 +2161,7 @@ gleam of bright eyes through the cracks, and sure enough it was full of little white rabbits. The old woman, seeing her interest, let her stroke their sensitive little ears, while she told -how she had bought them at a <i>bon marché</i>, a +how she had bought them at a <i>bon marché</i>, a good bargain, and was taking them home to her grandchild, just Germaine's age.</p> @@ -2287,9 +2249,9 @@ they hang on the wall, and is at her post.</p> <p>At the station were M. and Madame Lafond to welcome them home, and you can imagine how everybody talked at once, and how much -there was to tell. The fête at Rouen was the +there was to tell. The fête at Rouen was the topic of conversation until its glories paled -before Petit Andelys' own special fête, which +before Petit Andelys' own special fête, which was held some weeks after, and which our little friends, with true French patriotism, thought the finest in the world, not excepting the more @@ -2307,7 +2269,7 @@ elaborate affair at Rouen.</p> <p><span class="smcap">There</span> was always much noise and activity -in the farmyard of La Chaumière on Mondays, +in the farmyard of La Chaumière on Mondays, for that was market-day at Grand Andelys,—<i>the</i> important event in a country neighbourhood in France.</p> @@ -2443,7 +2405,7 @@ piled up in great baskets, stopping to speak to a friend or an acquaintance by the way. She was soon in her accustomed place, and had opened up her eggs for her customers, for -eggs from La Chaumière never went begging.</p> +eggs from La Chaumière never went begging.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[77]</a></span></p> @@ -2456,7 +2418,7 @@ crowd that quite filled the big market-place. "There are the English," some one said, and, turning, Germaine saw her friend Mr. Carter, and his wife, the Americans who were spending -the summer at the Belle Étoile, standing +the summer at the Belle Étoile, standing at one of the booths, buying a <i>baton Normand</i>, a rough stick of native wood, with a head of plaited leather, and a leather loop to hold it @@ -2476,7 +2438,7 @@ when Marie was at home, they were to go for a day's trip in Mr. Carter's big automobile. "Well, I must fix on a day, and let M. Auguste send word to your mamma so that you and -Marie can come to the Belle Étoile, and we +Marie can come to the Belle Étoile, and we can start from there."</p> <p>"Won't it be lovely?" said Marie; "we @@ -2569,7 +2531,7 @@ in silver. As the funeral passed through the streets, the "<i>suisse</i>," the clergy,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[82]</a></span> and the mourners, following the hearse on foot, made an impressive and solemn sight. As the -cortège passed, all who met it bowed their +cortège passed, all who met it bowed their heads or removed their hats, as is the custom all over Europe.</p> @@ -2603,10 +2565,10 @@ stopping-places.</p> <p>Germaine had made many friends among them, for they often came to draw or paint the quaint jumble of old buildings at La -Chaumière.</p> +Chaumière.</p> <p>Germaine and the English artist who was -staying at the Belle Étoile were great friends. +staying at the Belle Étoile were great friends. He was painting near the farm, and he often dropped in to sit in their garden and drink a glass of cider.</p> @@ -2666,7 +2628,7 @@ chaps would be," he said, draining the cider jug. "I feel much refreshed and must get to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[86]</a></span> work again, for the light is changing fast. Sit there in the shade, child, and tell me what you -are going to do at the fête of St. Sauveur +are going to do at the fête of St. Sauveur next week."</p> <p>There was nothing Germaine liked better @@ -2685,7 +2647,7 @@ of the worst blunders, but with the greatest pains try to understand them, and even go out of their way to set them right.</p> -<p>But to-day it was not the fête that Germaine +<p>But to-day it was not the fête that Germaine wanted to talk about. "Tell me more about Paris," she said, shyly.</p> @@ -2697,7 +2659,7 @@ Thomson. He lived in Paris during the winter, and his big studio looked out on the fine old gardens of the Luxembourg, and from the windows could be seen the gilded dome of -the Hôtel des Invalides, under which is the +the Hôtel des Invalides, under which is the tomb of the great Napoleon.</p> <p>It was the dream of Germaine's life to see @@ -2706,7 +2668,7 @@ so much about. So she listened eagerly when Mr. Thomson told her of the broad boulevards shaded by chestnut-trees, with fine shops on either side, and the great avenue of the -Champs Élysées, at the end of which stands +Champs Élysées, at the end of which stands the Arch of Triumph, erected by Napoleon in memory of his victories.</p> @@ -2804,7 +2766,7 @@ the farmyard gate.</p> <h2>CHAPTER VII.<br /> -<small>THE FÊTE OF ST. SAUVEUR</small></h2> +<small>THE FÊTE OF ST. SAUVEUR</small></h2> <p><span class="smcap">St. Sauveur</span> is the patron saint of Petit @@ -2812,26 +2774,26 @@ Andelys, and its little church is the church of St. Sauveur.</p> <p>Each year Petit Andelys, as do most of the -towns of France, celebrates the fête-day of its +towns of France, celebrates the fête-day of its patron, and does it so well that the lustre of -the fête has spread far and wide, bringing +the fête has spread far and wide, bringing many visitors, which pleases the good folk of the little town, for they are proud of it and everything connected therewith.</p> -<p>The fête-day of St. Sauveur has no connection +<p>The fête-day of St. Sauveur has no connection whatever with Petit Andelys' big twin town of Grand Andelys, which has its own -fête, but nothing like so grand. There is some +fête, but nothing like so grand. There is some little jealousy between the two Andelys. The<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[93]</a></span> size and importance of Grand Andelys throws the other quite in the shade, but Petit Andelys has the river, and the people of Grand Andelys have to walk a dusty mile before they reach it, and that is one reason that visitors like the -Belle Étoile.</p> +Belle Étoile.</p> -<p>So Petit Andelys arranges its own fête. The +<p>So Petit Andelys arranges its own fête. The mayor and its leading citizens organize committees, and great preparations go on for weeks beforehand.</p> @@ -2842,12 +2804,12 @@ of the church, many wagons with poles, and flapping canvas strewn about. These were the booths for the fair, which were being put up.</p> -<p>The great attraction of every fête is its fair, +<p>The great attraction of every fête is its fair, and these <i>foires</i>, as the French also call them, move about the country from town to town in wagons like an old-fashioned circus, planning to reach an important town for some special -occasion—such as its fête-day.</p> +occasion—such as its fête-day.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[94]</a></span></p> @@ -2861,7 +2823,7 @@ out with flags and wreaths, gay streamers and paper lanterns.</p> <p>Marie and Germaine, who were staying at -their Uncle Daboll's for the fête, were awakened +their Uncle Daboll's for the fête, were awakened at five o'clock on the opening day by a succession of terrific noises, which were set forth on the official programme as a "Salvo of Artillery."</p> @@ -2958,7 +2920,7 @@ Andelys.</p> is, it was ten o'clock, which is a very late hour for a French village, where every one is usually sound asleep by half-past eight or nine. The -fête was to last a week, and every day had +fête was to last a week, and every day had something new to offer.</p> <p>The next day Jean announced, "There is a @@ -3037,7 +2999,7 @@ find a hidden handkerchief, the performing dogs, and all the other wonders of the show.</p> -<p>The grand events of the fête were saved up +<p>The grand events of the fête were saved up for the last day. There were to be the sports in the afternoon, and a grand illumination and display of fireworks in the evening. The @@ -3061,7 +3023,7 @@ the bystanders. Jean had talked for weeks beforehand how he would spend the five francs if he were fortunate enough to win it. He had in imagination bought most of the things -in M. Carré's shop. Five francs, which is +in M. Carré's shop. Five francs, which is equal to one American dollar, was a big sum to a little French boy such as Jean.</p> @@ -3115,10 +3077,10 @@ off, taking it with him, however, into the water.</p> <p>After this came the diving matches and the swimming contests, and then everybody got ready for the evening's grand wind-up. In the -Belle Étoile all was bustle and confusion; +Belle Étoile all was bustle and confusion; the maids were flying about, for there were many visitors who had come in for the usual -<i>apéritif</i>. The café was full, the gardens were +<i>apéritif</i>. The café was full, the gardens were filled up with extra tables, and M. Auguste<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_105" id="Page_105">[105]</a></span> was quite distracted in his endeavours to be polite and attentive to every one, besides stopping @@ -3131,7 +3093,7 @@ of Jean's success.</p> artists, was hanging lanterns in the front windows, and getting ready a big lot of Roman candles as the contribution of the visitors of -the Belle Étoile to the evening's gaieties, while +the Belle Étoile to the evening's gaieties, while Mimi, the white cat, sat in the doorway regarding things with her usual lofty air of superiority.</p> @@ -3152,11 +3114,11 @@ sky burst showers of gold and silver stars.</p> <div class="figright" style="width: 346px;"> <img src="images/i135.jpg" width="346" height="500" alt="large house on a hill" /> -<div class="caption">CHÂTEAU GAILLARD</div> +<div class="caption">CHÂTEAU GAILLARD</div> </div> <p>Suddenly there was heard a great boom, and -from the top of Château Gaillard rose a red +from the top of Château Gaillard rose a red cloud of fire, and the old walls and turrets stood out red against the dark blue sky, a beacon for miles of country roundabout. It @@ -3185,7 +3147,7 @@ No other <i>sous-Commissaire</i> in all France could have done better, and the little man swelled with pride.</p> -<p>The light had faded off the château; the +<p>The light had faded off the château; the last rocket had been fired; the band of the <i>pompiers</i> played the "Marseillaise,"—the national air,—and the great event of the year for @@ -3360,7 +3322,7 @@ for cellars in which to store the wine-crop."</p> like that," declared Jean.</p> <p>They only stopped long enough in the -town to look at the big château, which to-day +town to look at the big château, which to-day belongs to the noble French family in whose possession it has been for hundreds of years. This splendid building was very odd, for the @@ -3410,12 +3372,12 @@ at Les Andelys to take up passengers."</p> <p>This was sufficient to give the party something to talk about until they reached Vernon, -where they stopped at a pretty riverside café +where they stopped at a pretty riverside café to have a <i>sirop de groseille</i>, and, as Mr. Carter jokingly said, to rest the horses.</p> <p>It was still early when they again came in -sight of Château Gaillard, and so ended a blissful +sight of Château Gaillard, and so ended a blissful day for our young people, who had something to talk about for many a long winter evening.</p> @@ -3473,7 +3435,7 @@ and its many human touches."—<i>Boston Globe.</i></p> teens."—<i>New York Sun.</i></p> -<div class='adtitle3'>BLUE BONNET—DÉBUTANTE</div> +<div class='adtitle3'>BLUE BONNET—DÉBUTANTE</div> <p>By <span class="smcap">Lela Horn Richards</span>.</p> @@ -4210,379 +4172,6 @@ authority on Indians as well as a master teller of tales.</p> <p>Page 81, "nother" changed to "another" (another, with nearly every)</p> </div> - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Our Little French Cousin, by Blanche McManus - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OUR LITTLE FRENCH COUSIN *** - -***** This file should be named 43831-h.htm or 43831-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/3/8/3/43831/ - -Produced by Emmy, Beth Baran and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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