Copyright, 1918, 1919, by
The Century Co.
Published, October, 1919
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | Quimper and Bonne Maman | [3] |
| II | Eliane | [44] |
| III | The Fête at Ker-Eliane | [55] |
| IV | The Old House at Landerneau | [68] |
| V | Tante Rose | [83] |
| VI | The Demoiselles de Coatnamprun | [98] |
| VII | Bon Papa | [122] |
| VIII | Le Marquis de Ploeuc | [131] |
| IX | Loch-ar-Brugg | [153] |
| X | The Pardon at Folgoat | [196] |
| XI | Bonne Maman's Death | [204] |
| XII | The Journey from Brittany | [215] |
A CHILDHOOD IN
BRITTANY
This little sheaf of childish memories has been put together from many talks, in her own tongue, with an old French friend. The names of her relatives have, by her wish, been changed to other names, taken from their Breton properties, or slightly altered while preserving the character of the Breton original.
A CHILDHOOD IN
BRITTANY
CHAPTER I
QUIMPER AND BONNE MAMAN
I was born at Quimper in Brittany on the first of August, 1833, at four o'clock in the morning, and I have been told that I looked about me resolutely and fixed a steady gaze on the people in the room, so that the doctor said, "She is not blind, at all events."