Endnotes
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Is that my governess? ↩
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Yes, to be sure. ↩
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The League of the Rats: fable by La Fontaine. ↩
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What news? what news? I pray you, speak. ↩
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Ladies, dinner is served! … I’m starved! ↩
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As an aside. ↩
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Come back soon, my friend, my dear Mademoiselle Jeanette. ↩
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That must mean … there is a present for me in it, and maybe for you, too, Mademoiselle. Monsieur has spoken of you: he asked me my governess’ name, and if she were small, rather thin and somewhat pale. I said yes, because it’s true, isn’t it, Mademoiselle? ↩
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There’s a present in your little trunk for Mademoiselle Eyre, isn’t there? ↩
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Presents. ↩
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Little trunk. ↩
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My box! my box! ↩
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Be quiet, child; do you understand? ↩
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Oh, heavens, how beautiful it is! ↩
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Little nun. ↩
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And I hold to it. ↩
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I must try it on … at once! ↩
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Does my dress not suit me? … and my slippers? and my stockings? I feel like dancing! ↩
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Thank you a thousand times for your kindness, Monsieur. ↩
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Mama acted just that way, didn’t she, Monsieur? ↩
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Just like this. ↩
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Deep passion. ↩
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Athlete’s figure. ↩
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Crunching. ↩
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My angel. ↩
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Male beauty. ↩
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Little girl. ↩
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What is it, Mademoiselle? … Your fingers are quivering, and your cheeks are red: red like cherries! ↩
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Out of fashion. ↩
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They’re changing. ↩
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At mama’s, … when people came, I followed them everywhere, to the drawing rooms and the bedrooms; often I watched the maids dress the ladies and arrange their hair, and it was so much fun; that’s the way one learns. ↩
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Yes, Mademoiselle; we haven’t eaten for five or six hours. ↩
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And what a shame [that would be]! ↩
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Could I take but one of these wonderful flowers, Mademoiselle? Only to complete my dress. ↩
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Pretty, but irregular. ↩
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Greetings, ladies. ↩
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Father character in tragedy and high comedy. ↩
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Too bad! ↩
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The tender passion. ↩
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Beware of this! ↩
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Monsieur Rochester is back! ↩
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The right opportunity. ↩
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Good evening. ↩
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Ready to love her little English mother. ↩
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Oh, how little comfort there will be for her! ↩
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A real liar. ↩
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Fairy-tales. ↩
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Fairies do not exist anyway, and even if they did: ↩
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In order to keep me in countenance. ↩
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And one stepped forth who, to look upon, was like a starlight night. ↩
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I weigh your thoughts in the balance of my wrath! and your deeds with the weight of my fury! ↩
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Still young. ↩