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Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

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<strong>Little</strong> <strong>Women</strong>would turn up her naughty nose at some of the finest,because she has no soul for art, but I have, and I’mcultivation eye and taste as fast as I can. She would like therelics of great people better, for I’ve seen her Napoleon’scocked hat and gray coat, his baby’s cradle and his oldtoothbrush, also Marie Antoinette’s little shoe, the ring ofSaint Denis, Charlemagne’s sword, and many otherinteresting things. I’ll talk for hours about them when Icome, but haven’t time to write.The Palais Royale is a heavenly place, so full ofbijouterie and lovely things that I’m nearly distractedbecause I can’t buy them. Fred wanted to get me some,but of course I didn’t allow it. Then the Bois and ChampsElysees are tres magnifique. I’ve seen the imperial familyseveral times, the emperor an ugly, hard-looking man, theempress pale and pretty, but dressed in bad taste, Ithought—purple dress, green hat, and yellow gloves. <strong>Little</strong>Nap is a handsome boy, who sits chatting to his tutor, andkissed his hand to the people as he passes in his four-horsebarouche, with postilions in red satin jackets and amounted guard before and behind.We often walk in the Tuileries Gardens, for they arelovely, though the antique Luxembourg Gardens suit mebetter. Pere la Chaise is very curious, for many of the556 of 861

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