ss descended uponMonsieur le Marquis, patriotic duties and civicfestivities assumed the shape of unsubstantialspirits which floated away on bespangled gauzewings into the blue ether, to be seen no more. Monsieur le Marquis may have slept for tenminutes or an hour, but suddenly he was awakenedby… … A lifurjic dreaminess descended upon Monsieur le Marquis 346 Happy Holidays cap set rakishly over one ear. In spite of thejaunty attitude of his cap and a rather exaggeratedease of manner, the boy seemed troubled, and hiseyes looked as if he had been crying. Monsieur le Marquis sat up very straight…
Children's stories
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