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Updated: June 24, 2025
As the driver approached the "Prenoms," he whistled gaily. He little dreamt of the surprise which awaited him. He drove straight through the open gate into the farmyard. When Mrs. Soher heard the sound of the carriage wheels, she went to the door of the house, opened it and said: "Here he comes again, the poor inebriate."
Her character was the same as her mother's. Alas! under such tutorship, how could she be expected to be otherwise. When the time came for Adèle to set out to pay her visit to the "Prenoms," she did so reluctantly. It was not a pleasure to her, it was a duty. If she did not go, she thought they would think her too proud. So she made the sacrifice, and went.
She met her father who was waiting for her on the threshold and handed him the paper. He ran his eyes over it and muttered audibly: "Let him go to the dogs, then, if he wishes to do so." As soon as Adèle was out of the "Prenoms" the two garrulous women began to talk about their little visitor. Their epigrams were as devoid of wit as they were coarse. Mr.
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