levicq

Updated: May 1, 2025

I uttered piercing cries; but my mother, without paying any attention to my screams, lifted me cleverly, planted two spanks behind, and passed me to the hands of Mme. Levicq that was the name of my governess. The next day my mother left me and I repeated my disturbance, crying, stamping my feet, and calling to mother Catharine and Bastien.

George Washington Cable - Strange True Stories of Louisiana

Then, rightly enough, in despair she placed me where I could see the cottage in the midst of the garden and told me that when the lesson was ended I might go and see my mother Catharine and play with my brothers. I promptly consented, and that is how I learned to read. This Mme. Levicq was most certainly a woman of good sense. She had a kind heart and much ability.

George Washington Cable - Strange True Stories of Louisiana