All in a garden fair; the simple story of three boys ... - University Library

no ALL IN A GARDEN FAIR.
makes grimaces—figure to yourself a Venus
making grimaces ; wlio piuches— yes, pinches
her companions ? I understand tlie prudence
of Frencli mothers wlio confide their girls to
tlie care of nuns. It is in order that men
should not behold the chrysalis. But I am
unhappy no longer. I have returned to my
old worship. I say, " This is not Woman ; this
is Girl."
These revolutionary sentiments were not
uttered in the presence of his daughter. Claire
knew that her father regarded his pupils with
feelings which admitted of no favouritism,
except that of the least dislike. But she did
not know, and would not have understood, the
distinction which he drcAv between Girl and
Woman. lie spoke also of graver things, of
the Great Eevolution, and her daughters, and
of what they mean.
' I was born,' he said, ' when the Bourbons,
who had learned nothing and forgotten no-
thing, had been back for ten years. I liave
conversed with many who remembered the