Ségur, Sophie, comtesse de, 1799-1874, Sterrett, Virginia Frances, ill · Philadelphia, The Penn publishing company · leaf 200
r? Who can havecaused you this great grief? I have seen no one enter thehouse. No one has entered, my dear, except those who entereverywhere. A wicked fairy under the form of a toad anda good fairy under the appearance of a lark. And what have these fairies said to you, my queen, tomake you weep so… … Agnella and Passerose were dashed from cloud to cloud them but it was not in her power to set them aside altogether.Agnella then recounted all that had taken place and thatshe would have a son with a skin like a bear. At this narra-tive Passerose wept as bitterly as her mistress. What a misfortune!…
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