Chapter
1 XI | did. His mother called him Poulet, and as he could not pronounce
2 XI | immensely, and the nickname of “Poulet” stuck to him.~The favorite
3 XI | This ladder was called “Poulet’s ladder,” and was an important
4 XI | pointing to the sky; “up there, Poulet, but do not say so.” She
5 XI | baron.~One day, however, Poulet said to her: “God is everywhere,
6 XI | themselves for not having let Poulet make his first communion.
7 XI | cut flowers for bouquets.~Poulet was almost fifteen, but
8 XI | entreatingly: “Tell me, Poulet, you will not reproach me
9 XI | were going to do with him, Poulet in his turn began to weep.~
10 XI | proprietor to go himself and take Poulet whatever he required as
11 XI | were crying.~Jeanne held Poulet in a long embrace, while
12 XI | to Havre in the phaeton. Poulet seemed to have become reconciled
13 XI | carried away by her dreams.~Poulet was not very industrious
14 XI | herself, she said: “Oh, Poulet, what is the matter with
15 XI | longer recognized him, her Poulet, her little Poulet of former
16 XI | her Poulet, her little Poulet of former days. She felt
17 XIII| which she thought of as “Poulet’s room.”~She kept the other
18 XIII| great effort to get her Poulet back; he must have got over
19 XIII| Oh, come back, my little Poulet—come and embrace me. Come
20 XIII| was there, in that house—Poulet.~She felt her knees and
21 XIII| rational. She wished to find Poulet and know all about him.~“
22 XIV | and her lips murmured: “Poulet, my little Poulet,” as though
23 XIV | murmured: “Poulet, my little Poulet,” as though she were talking
24 XIV | been leaning and saw there “Poulet’s ladder.”~All the little
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