"As you are a child, I will treat you as I would treat a child.

When I was a little girl my mother gave me a beautiful necklace, which I had longed for greatly; but she said to me, 'Every time you put on this necklace, remember you do not know French yet.' The necklace lost some of its value in my eyes, it was a source of constant self-reproach.

But I wore it, and in the end I knew French.

Do you see this ring?
It is an Egyptian scarabaeus, found, if you please, in a pyramid.

That strange figure, which you may perhaps take for a bottle, stands for '_human life_.' There are certain people in my country to whom this hieroglyphic should appear exceedingly appropriate.