A VERSAILLES CHRISTMAS-TIDE

A VERSAILLES CHRISTMAS-TIDE

A VERSAILLES CHRISTMAS-TIDE

A VERSAILLES CHRISTMAS-TIDE

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Overview

Contents

I. The Unexpected Happens
II. Ogams
III. The Town
IV. Our Arbre de Noël
V. Le Jour de l'Année
VI. Ice-bound
VII. The Haunted Château
VIII. Marie Antoinette
IX. The Prisoners Released




THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS


[Illustration: The Summons]

No project could have been less foreseen than was ours of wintering in
France, though it must be confessed that for several months our thoughts
had constantly strayed across the Channel. For the Boy was at school at
Versailles, banished there by our desire to fulfil a parental duty.

The time of separation had dragged tardily past, until one foggy
December morning we awoke to the glad consciousness that that very
evening the Boy would be with us again. Across the breakfast-table we
kept saying to each other, "It seems scarcely possible that the Boy is
really coming home to-night," but all the while we hugged the assurance
that it was.

The Boy is an ordinary snub-nosed, shock-headed urchin of thirteen, with
no special claim to distinction save the negative one of being an only
child. Yet without his cheerful presence our home seemed empty and dull.
Any attempts at merry-making failed to restore its life. Now all was
agog for his return. The house was in its most festive trim.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940013182684
Publisher: SAP
Publication date: 08/06/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 62 KB
Age Range: 6 - 8 Years
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