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Chapter 19 When we arrived at the chaise-vampers house, both the house and the shop were shut up; it was the eighth of September, the nativity of the blessed Virgin Mary, mother of God Tantarra-ra-tan-tivithe whole world was gone out a May-polingfrisking herecapering thereno body cared a button for me or my remarks; so I sat me down upon a bench by the door, philosophating upon my condition: by a better fate than usually attends me, I had not waited half an hour, when the mistress came in to take the papilliotes from off her hair, before she went to the May-poles The French women, by the bye, love May-poles, á la foliethat is, as much as their matinsgive em but a May-pole, whether in May, June, July or Septemberthey never count the timesdown it goestis meat, drink, washing, and lodging to emand had we but the policy, an please your worships (as wood is a little scarce in France), to send them but plenty of May-poles The women would set them up; and when they had done, they would dance round them (and the men for company) till they were all blind. The wife of the chaise-vamper steppd in, I told you, to take the papilliotes from off her hairthe toilet stands still for no manso she jerkd off her cap, to begin with them as she opend the door, in doing which, one of them fell upon the groundI instantly saw it was my own writing O Seigneur! cried Iyou have got all my remarks upon your head, Madam! Jen suis bien mortifiée, said shetis well, thinks I, they have stuck therefor could they have gone deeper, they would have made such confusion in a French womans noddleShe had better have gone with it unfrizled, to the day of eternity. Tenezsaid sheso without any idea of the nature of my suffering, she took them from her curls, and put them gravely one by one into my hatone was twisted this wayanother twisted thatey! by my faith; and when they are published, quoth I, They will be worse twisted still. |
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