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Thereupon, as time was flying, Desire Delobelle summoned all her courage and called softly: "Papa-papa" At his daughter's first summons the great man hurried to her side. He entered Desiree's bedroom, radiant and superb, very erect, his lamp in his hand and a camellia in his buttonhole. "Good evening, Zizi. Aren't you asleep?"
'The Prince will be clever if he finds his bride. And, arranging her dress, she seated herself on the grass to await Desire. Meanwhile the Prince was coming as fast as his horse could carry him. He was so impatient that he was always full fifty yards in front of the lords and ladies sent by Tubby to bring back Zizi. At the sight of the hideous gypsy he was struck dumb with surprise and horror.
Once again she tasted the novel sensations experienced by chits of girls, and at night when she went upstairs, dizzy with her day in the open air and intoxicated by the scent of green leaves, and rejoined her Zizi behind the curtain, she fancied herself a schoolgirl enjoying a holiday escapade. It was an amour, she thought, with a young cousin to whom she was going to be married.
Thereupon, as time was flying, Desire Delobelle summoned all her courage and called softly: "Papa-papa" At his daughter's first summons the great man hurried to her side. He entered Desiree's bedroom, radiant and superb, very erect, his lamp in his hand and a camellia in his buttonhole. "Good evening, Zizi. Aren't you asleep?"
"Good morning, Mam'zelle Zizi." He always called her now by the name she had borne as a child; and if you could know how prettily he said it: "Good morning, Mam'zelle Zizi." In the evening they waited for "the father" together, and while she worked he made her shudder with the story of his adventures. "What is the matter with you?
Doubtless, Tante Jeanne did not knowingly push the saucer, neither did the weighty index finger of the concentrated cook deliberately exert muscular pressure. Nor, similarly, was Zizi aware that the weight of his entire hand helped to urge the dirty saucer across the slippery surface of the paper in whatever direction his elders thus indicated.
And he seated himself solemnly on the oven, and condemned Titty to be burned alive. After which the lords and cooks formed themselves in lines, and Tubby betrothed Desire to Zizi. The marriage took place a few days later. All the boys in the country side were there, armed with wooden swords, and decorated with epaulets made of gilt paper.
'Father! it is she! it is Zizi! exclaimed Desire, who entered at this moment. And he took her in his arms, crying: 'My darling Zizi, how happy I am to see you once more! 'Well, and the other one? asked Tubby. The other one was stealing quietly to the door. 'Stop her! called Tubby. 'We will judge her cause at once.
Pale, disenchanted, with her mind upon other things, in the flickering light of the candles which seemed to be burning incense, the air was so heavy with the odor of the hyacinths and lilacs in the garden, she began a Creole ballad very popular in Louisiana, which Madame Dobson herself had arranged for the voice and piano: "Pauv' pitit Mam'zelle Zizi, C'est l'amou, l'amou qui tourne la tete a li."
'Well, then, my charming Zizi, said the young Prince, who was longing to marry her, 'let us ride away quickly so as to escape from the wicked witch. But Zizi wished to know where he meant to take her. 'To my father's castle, he said. He mounted his horse and took her in front of him, and, holding her carefully in his arms, they began their journey.
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