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ALL LV A GARDEX FAIR. 287
It is not everybody who Ciiu speak of cou-
t rolling ii vast establishment. Words do not
convey tlie same significance to all hearers, nor
did the young men sui)i)ose that the vast
establishment was but an ordinary shop.
' ^ly daughter/ the Frenchman went on,
* has received from every one of you, and
almost at the same time, which shows that you
were each anxious to be first in the field and
jealous of the others, an oiler which not only
confers honour upon her, but also upon your-
selves. Because, my tVieiuls, it sliows that the
young men who have been my pupils and
friends for so many years are fully sensible to
the charms of a ^irl who is as good as she is
beautiful. Her mother was an Englishwoman.
When I think of that fact and remember her
\irtues, I would have my daughter, too, all
llnglish. You are young men, I confess, of
great worth and of much promise, but, boys,
which on«'