[The Red Lily by Anatole France]@TWC D-Link bookThe Red Lily CHAPTER I 9/46
Look at her: her forehead clouded, her glance vague, her mouth dolorous.
Behold a victim!" She arose, kissed Therese tumultuously, and fled, leaving the General astonished. Madame Martin-Belleme prayed him not to listen to what the Princess had said. He collected himself and asked: "And how are your poets, Madame ?" It was difficult for him to forgive Madame Martin her preference for people who lived by writing and were not of his circle. "Yes, your poets.
What has become of that Monsieur Choulette, who visits you wrapped in a red muffler ?" "My poets? They forget me, they abandon me.
One should not rely on anybody.
Men and women--nothing is sure.
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