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At 7.30 she stepped out into a snow-covered street and then hurried across Washington-square. Bitterly cold wind shivered through the white coral-like branches of the trees.
"While winds shall blow, and seas shall roll, While aught remains that's good and great, Our Native Duck, from pole to pole, Shall waft the fame of Lafayette." "Washington-square was decorated with two arches, tastefully ornamented, one bearing the name of the General in oaken characters and the second a bust of Washington.
"On Washington-square the General passed between two lines of boys, about one thousand in number, arrayed under their respective instructors, all bearing Lafayette badges. One of the gates of the square bore this inscription. "The children welcome with joy, the illustrious benefactor of their fathers." And as the General passed, they shouted "Welcome Lafayette."
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