My mother and her sisters—The “mask of butter”—The beauty of my mother—Away with my nurse—Life in a _concierge’s_ lodge—My aunt comes for me—An accident—I must go to school—Off for Auteuil—Mme. Fressard and her boarding school—I am left alone—Life at the _pension_—My schoolmates—Back to Aunt Rosine—My father and Rossini—My disagreeable Aunt Faure—My delightful Uncle Faure 1–16 CHAPTER II I BEGIN MY CONVENT LIFE Grandchamps Convent—My terror of the cloister—The lovely Mother Superior—The dormitory—The garden—Farewell to my father—My new schoolmates—Compulsory soup—The despised and the beloved Sister—Pets and playthings—I rescue a playmate—Preparations for the archbishop’s visit—The play in w…
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