He used to get weary of sitting still all day in his chair, so I lined the screens with these pictures in order that he might have something to amuse him.

He is as pleased as a child with the bright colors, and I explain the subjects to him.

I don't tell him much at a time, for fear of fatiguing him.

We have got now to Pyramus and Thisbe, so that we shall have plenty to occupy us before we reach the end." She caught a pitying look from her guest which seemed to say: "The poor man may not last long enough to reach the end." Doubtless she had the same fear, for her dark eyes suddenly glistened, she sighed, and remained for some moments without speaking.
In the mean time the magpie, which Julien had seen the day before, was hopping around its mistress, like a familiar spirit; it even had the audacity to peck at her hair and then fly away, repeating, in its cracked voice: "Reine, queen of the woods!" "Why 'queen of the woods ?"' asked Julien, coloring.
"Ah!" replied the young girl, "it is a nickname which the people around here give me, because I am so fond of the trees.

I spend all the time I can in our woods, as much as I can spare from the work of the farm.
"Margot has often heard my father call me by that name; she remembers it, and is always repeating it." "Do you like living in this wild country ?" "Very much.