Chapter
1 Int | however, she had to take the child to the little seminary at
2 I | chair she had loved as a child, which pictured the story
3 IV | much of by her family as a child, being neither pretty nor
4 V | feet in the air, like a child skipping, yes, monsieur,
5 VI | almost finished beating that child?”~Julien turned round in
6 VII | just been delivered of a child. He looked round with a
7 VII | take care of it, of the child; and if he marries Rosalie,
8 VII | woman and her illegitimate child under our roof, don’t you
9 VII | necessary, I will bring up the child.”~Then Julien’s wrath exploded: “
10 VII | name of the father of the child.”~He left the room in exasperation,
11 VII | the room was cold; the child was crying. Jeanne did not
12 VII | sight of her mistress.~The child was put out to nurse at
13 VII | madame?”~“Whose is it, this child?”~The little maid was overcome
14 VII | daughter, my darling Jeanne! My child, do you recognize me?”~“
15 VII | thought that it was Julien’s child, and might resemble him.
16 VII | a scream:~“But—your—your child—is his child?”~Rosalie sobbed.~“
17 VII | But—your—your child—is his child?”~Rosalie sobbed.~“Yes,
18 VII | down her cheeks.~The maid’s child had the same father, as
19 VII | the same father, as her child! Her anger was at an end;
20 VII | right. Now that you have a child you must behave yourself.
21 VII | infamous to have betrayed my child, infamous! He is a wretch,
22 VII | this house—we know that the child of this maid is your child,
23 VII | child of this maid is your child, just as—as—mine is—they
24 VII | will become a mother. This child will be your comfort. In
25 VII | your heart from him whose child you bear?”~She did not reply,
26 VII | it will be settled on the child, the parents having the
27 VIII| awaited the advent of her child without curiosity, still
28 VIII| moaned, who had borne her child without suffering and without
29 VIII| which had just unfolded. Her child was born, she was soothed,
30 VIII| had but one thought—her child. She was a fanatical mother,
31 VIII| the cradle, watching the child asleep. As she was becoming
32 VIII| the doctor ordered the child to be taken from her. She
33 VIII| Aunt Lison godmother. The child was named Pierre-Simon-Paul
34 VIII| to everything but her own child.~The baron was raging, but
35 VIII| girl-mother a dowry? Whose child is it? You would like to
36 VIII| makes no difference whose child it is, in any case. Instead
37 VIII| then it would revert to the child. It is worth twenty thousand
38 VIII| A neighbor carried the child to church, walking behind
39 IX | of course.”~Jeanne, whose child was never out of her thoughts,
40 IX | as though she had been a child and gave her a hearty kiss
41 IX | when the mother held the child in her arms, kissing it
42 IX | touch with his lips the child’s smooth forehead, walking
43 IX | hushed. The nurse took the child out of Jeanne’s arms and
44 IX | daughter,” then “My dear child,” “My dear Adelaide,” “My
45 X | that she might have another child. She dreamed of it, became
46 X | priestly attitude. “Well, my child, I will listen to you in
47 X | should like to have another child.” He did not reply, as he
48 X | I want to have another child,” she said. Then he smiled,
49 X | by the fanaticism of this child, the minister of God.~He
50 XI | love Him very much, the child would say: “Where is He,
51 XI | baron angrily swore that the child did not need to believe
52 XI | audacity of bringing up a child outside this recognized
53 XI | fifteen, but was a mere child in intelligence, ignorant,
54 XI | you are sacrificing your child to your own private happiness.”~
55 XI | him as though he were a child, and when he returned to
56 XI | you. You refused Him your child; He took him from you in
57 XI | away as if she had been a child.~When she reached the château
58 XII | as though she were a sick child.~They always talked of bygone
59 XII | she had loved as a little child; the fox and the stork,
60 XIII| imploring letter:~“My Dear Child: I am going to entreat you
61 XIII| ask them to look for her child. They could promise her
62 XIV | they could do to please the child, and her lips murmured: “
63 XIV | the age and growth of her child. Here was the baron’s writing,
64 XIV | know what to do with the child, whom my janitor’s wife
65 XIV | girl.” And she held out the child, who could not be seen under
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