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Chapter XI

           Agreatmanygentlemenandladiescametoseemama,andIusedtodancebeforethem,ortositontheirkneesandsingtothem:Ilikedit.ShallIletyouhearmesingnow?" 

           Shehadfinishedherbreakfast,soIpermittedhertogiveaspecimenofheraccomplishments.Descendingfromherchair,shecameandplacedherselfonmyknee;then,foldingherlittlehandsdemurelybeforeher,shakingbackhercurlsandliftinghereyestotheceiling,shecommencedsingingasongfromsomeopera.Itwasthestrainofaforsakenlady,who,afterbewailingtheperfidyofherlover,callspridetoheraid;desiresherattendanttodeckherinherbrightestjewelsandrichestrobes,andresolvestomeetthefalseonethatnightataball,andprovetohim,bythegaietyofherdemeanour,howlittlehisdesertionhasaffectedher. 

           Thesubjectseemedstrangelychosenforaninfantsinger;butIsupposethepointoftheexhibitionlayinhearingthenotesofloveandjealousywarbledwiththelispofchildhood;andinverybadtastethatpointwas:atleastIthoughtso. 

           Adelesangthecanzonettetunefullyenough,andwiththenaiveteofherage.Thisachieved,shejumpedfrommykneeandsaid,"Now,Mademoiselle,Iwillrepeatyousomepoetry." 

           Assuminganattitude,shebegan,"LaLiguedesRats:fabledeLaFontaine." 

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