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TilE SORROWS OF ESTELLE LAMAGE. . 405
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¦* »¦ The Other Day I Walked With Madame...
fragrant coffee , which , was served to us in old-fashioned white and ing gold Having with china , tor p cups laced hands without the folded tray handles , to upon see . the us commence rustic table , but , she my waited friend , stand and I -
even insisted if she upon would the good not woman be prevaile sitting d upon down to in partake the alcove of the with dainty , us , fare evident which deli , she ht had to so enconiums hospitably of provided the beauty . She and listened surpassing with
gour neatness these she exclaimed grass of - the plats , poetical beaming , and those garden with cli . pped pleasure " And hed , do ges " admire you , and reall those these y then chapels flowers , ladie and and s , "
crosses shears ? I can Those tell cli you pped , thoug hedges h they have have worn not out yet many worn out a pair my old of
brown , arms . There has not been a weed for these many years in this times shears garden or you that sickle . may has not be be had sure heard to , five thank . o Did ' clock me you for does reall pulling not y think strike it up that . before I Monsieur rise my bemay
le Curebless himworked in the garden ? "Why he has hardly time find souls time even and , to bodies to enj enjoy , good his it , , hard birds man as and . he It his has is flower to nig work ht s a generall bit for . the Now y goo before he d will of peop he not le can be ' s
back this be evening ladies oy . even Ah , it ' s have a bad heard black of business itfor it he has is made gone _iipon many .
May , , you , li Poor ps to Estelle talk and ! she many and eye I were s to shed at school tears together about her . e , It I can was tell always you . that to
the It ill luck somehow that came as to thoug her , h and it would the good be so luck to the end came . It is me not .
seems seen fit to reward us in this world according to our merit , as Monsieur le Cure truland those who love most suffer most , sure
y says , bri enoug ht h . countenance Ah , me ! became it's a bad overcast business with ! " a cloud and . even old Colette ' s g
" Who then is poor Estelle ? " we asked , thinking of the unhappy old 66 woman of the well . dont know her
history Ah , ladies she carries , and if you a heavy don the 't heart know about of Estelle the with church you her . Estelle ' guards she
the Holy Well , keeps keys . Many years has much lived to belong in the to cottage it as the attached oak growing to the well above , and it . seems She was almost left as a
widow when her two daughters were children . Her husband worked upon Monsieur de Bonneval ' s estate from a boy the , and was she
returned killed by , runn the ing horses away of and Madame knocking Charles him ' down s monsieur carriage as he , attempted day to
daug stop hter them -in . -law Ah , , an Madame Englishwoman Charles , — by she the is way , I hope ' s no protestant offence ,
ladies is madame —she never and broug after ht her any husband good ' to s death Estelle the . She famil is y a came widow to ,
- reside would naturall here , again hav occasionall e thouht y , that having Madame been absent Charles for , bei ye n ars g herself One g
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Tile Sorrows Of Estelle Lamage. . 405
TilE SORROWS OF ESTELLE LAMAGE . . 405
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1859, page 405, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021859/page/45/
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