Fortune good and bad

And yet isn’t she perfectly happy ? Her room looks like a small chapel. You know I often lack servants, but I manage without them and no one could tell. All is neat and tidy, everything is squeaky clean in the house. You can certainly say that Perrine has the most pleasant interior. Would you believe she doesn’t even seem …Read more »

“Andre! Andre! Said Mr Guerin, what are you doing there, my poor child ? ”
Before fully awakening, the little one let out one of those big sighs, which are but stifled tears, and he half opened his eyes, only to close them again immediately, saying: “Leave me here Dad, oh! I am afraid, I am so afraid.”
— My dear, I can not leave you inside this hole; your mother is worried about you, she sent me out to look for you; unfortunately I can’t come and get you, I could never get inside there. And he held out his hand to him, encouraging him, trying to get him to move in his direction. The child, lying flat on his belly, crawled forward and poked his head through the opening of the kennel …Read more »

- George! his sister exclaimed, throwing herself on the poor child’s lifeless body.
Blood ran from his head through a broad wound, but he still breathed and his heart beat slightly. Her hands shaking, Mrs. Marcey quickly bandaged the wound with her handkerchief. The servants, the winegrowers bustled about. With infinite precaution, they took the two children in their arms and carried them slowly towards the house. The mothers followed this sad procession, wondering whether all hope would not be lost …Read more »