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filled   his   little   soul   with   delight。   It   was   〃The   Blue   Bird。〃   Whenever   I 

finished that; he would say to me; 〃Tell it again! tell it again!〃 And I would 

tell   it   again   until   his   little   pale   blue…   veined   head   sank   back   upon   the 

pillow in slumber。 

     The doctor used to answer all our questions by saying; 

     〃There is nothing extraordinary the matter with him!〃 

     No! There was nothing extraordinary the matter with little Sylvestre。 

One evening last year his father called me。 

     〃Come;〃 he said; 〃the little one is still worse。〃 



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     I approached the cradle over which the mother hung motionless; as if 

tied down above it by all the powers of her soul。 

     Little Sylvestre   turned his eyes   towards   me; their pupils   had   already 

rolled up beneath his eyelids; and could not descend again。 

     〃Godfather;〃 he said; 〃you are not to tell me any more stories。〃 

     No; I was not to tell him any more stories! 

     Poor Jeanne!poor mother! 

     I   am   too   old   now   to   feel   very   deeply;   but   how   strangely   painful   a 

mystery is the death of a child! 

       To…day; the father and mother have come to pass six weeks under the 

old man's roof。 I see them now returning from the woods; walking arm…in… 

arm。   Jeanne   is   closely   wrapped   in   her   black   shawl;   and   Henri   wears   a 

crape band on his straw hat; but they are both of them radiant with youth; 

and they smile very sweetly at each other。 They smile at the earth which 

sustains them; they smile at the air which bathes them; they smile at the 

light   which   each   one   sees   in   the   eyes   of   the   other。   From   my   window   I 

wave my handkerchief at them;and they smile at my old age。 

     Jeanne   comes   running   lightly   up   the   stairs;   she   kisses   me;   and   then 

whispers in my ear something which I divine rather than hear。 And I make 

answer to   her:   〃May  God's blessing be   with   you; Jeanne;  and   with  your 

husband;   and   with   your   children;   and   with   your   children's   children   for 

ever!〃。。。 Et nunc dimittis servum tuum; Domine! 



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