THIS EDITION IS LIMITED TO FIVE HUNDRED COPIES FOR SALE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In his study M. Bergeret, professor of literature at the University, was preparing his lesson on the eighth book of the _Æneid_ to the shrill mechanical accompaniment of the piano, on which, close by, his daughters were practising a difficult exercise. M. Bergeret’s room possessed only one window, but this was a large one, and filled up one whole side. It admitted, however, more draught than light, for the sashes were ill-fitting and the panes darkened by a high contiguous wall. M. Bergeret’s table, pushed close against this window, caught the dismal rays of niggard daylight that filtered through. As a m…
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