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'A propos' of Sir C. W.; he is out of confinement, and gone to his house in the country for the whole summer. They say he is now very cool and well. I have seen his Circe, at her window in Pall-Mall; she is painted, powdered, curled, and patched, and looks 'l'aventure'. She has been offered, by Sir C. W 's friends, L500 in full of all demands, but will not accept of it.
'A propos' of Sir C. W.; he is out of confinement, and gone to his house in the country for the whole summer. They say he is now very cool and well. I have seen his Circe, at her window in Pall-Mall; she is painted, powdered, curled, and patched, and looks 'l'aventure'. She has been offered, by Sir C. W 's friends, L500 in full of all demands, but will not accept of it.
Bazin's first romance, 'Stephanette', was published under the pseudonym "Bernard Seigny," in 1884; then followed 'Victor Pavie ; Noellet ; A l'Aventure and Sicile , two books on Italy, of which the last mentioned was likewise crowned by the French Academy; 'La Legende de Sainte-Bega ; La Sarcelle Bleue ; Madame Corentine ; Les Italiens d'aujousd'hui ; Humble Amour ; En Province ; De toute son Ame , a realistic but moderate romance of a workingman's life; 'Les Contes de Perrette ; La Terre qui Meurt ; Le Guide de l'Empereur ; Les Oberle , a tale from Alsace of to-day, sketching the political situation, approximately correct, and lately adapted for the stage; 'Donatienne' .
Meanwhile, of all wanderers in Cock Lane, none is more beguiled than sturdy Common-sense, if an explanation is to be provided. Beautiful instances of common-sense explanations, occur in two stories of the last century, the St. Maur affair , and the haunted house of Amiens, . The author of 'Ce qu'on doit penser de l'aventure arrivee a Saint Maur, was M. Poupart, canon of St. Maur, near Paris.
The Amiens case is reported and attested by Father Charles Louis Richard, Professor in Theology, a Dominican friar. The haunted house was in the Rue de l'Aventure, parish of St. Jacques. The tenant was a M. Leleu, aged thirty-six. The troubles had lasted for fourteen years, and there was evidence for their occurrence earlier, before Leleu occupied the house.
This has been noted also of a Brazilian species, and we suddenly realize what splendid sports these humble insects are. They resolutely prepare for their gamble l'aventure magnifique the slenderest fighting chance, and we are almost inclined to forget the irresponsible implacability of instinct, and cheer the little fellows for lining up on this forlorn hope.
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