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Nana. The Miller’s Daughter. Captain Burle. Death of Olivier Becaille

CHAPTER XIV
17/49

The last time Lucy had seen her was at the Gaite; Blanche, too, had seen her in Melusine.

Oh, how stunning it was, my dear, when she appeared in the depths of the crystal grot! The gentlemen remembered the occasion perfectly.

Fontan had played the Prince Cocorico.

And their memories once stirred up, they launched into interminable particulars.

How ripping she looked with that rich coloring of hers in the crystal grot! Didn't she, now?
She didn't say a word: the authors had even deprived her of a line or two, because it was superfluous.


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