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young people, as they were so suited to each other. I give verses as under, commencing with the second:
" A s a mere, Stant deja grande,
La pauvre Alix, A deux genoux, un jour demande
Son. Alexis: Ma mere, il faut par complaisance
Nous marier, Ma fille, je veux 1'alliance
D'un conseiller.
III. " Un jour . . . quelle malice d'ame La mere a dit: Alexis a pris une femme
Sans contredit. Et puis, lui montrant une lettre,
Lui dit; Voyez, II vous 6cnt; c' est pour permettre Que l'oubliez."
In the second verse it will be seen that poor Alix falls on her knees and cries to her mother to let her have Alexis. But the mother repulses her, and says she intends that she shall be married to the councillor or judge. In the third verse the mother invents a story to the effect that Alexis has taken a wife and h as written to tell her to foiget him. In the fourth verse the judge arrived with the notary, and against her
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