Rosalie saw before her eyes a tree of marvellous beauty[Frontispiece]
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Leger meets the wicked princess, Fourbette[11]
She threw her arms around the neck of Bonne-Biche[35]
Blondine sees the castle of Bonne-Biche and Beau-Minon[50]
They were three months passing through the forest[60]
A large and deep river ran at the foot of the mountain[75]
A part of the wall crumbled with a terrible noise[82]
Henry sprang upon the Wolf's back[87]
"What are you seeking, little one?"[94]
She saw a man arrive in a laced hat and coat[105]
They walked side by side during the rest of the evening[127]
The fairy must give herself up to the queen and lose her power for eight days[138]
Rosalie never left the park which was surrounded by high walls[144]
The broom was on fire at once, blazed up and burned her hands[152]
Agnella and Passerose were dashed from cloud to cloud[185]
"Ah, ha! you are at last in my domain, little fool!"[211]
Violette takes refuge from the wild boar[224]
Violette consented willingly to pass the night in the forest[229]

THE STORY OF BLONDINE, BONNE-BICHE,
AND BEAU-MINON

BLONDINE

There was once a king called Benin. He was good and all the world loved him; he was just and the wicked feared him. His wife, the Queen Doucette, was also good, and much beloved.

This happy pair had a daughter called the Princess Blondine, because of her superb fair hair, and she was as amiable and charming as her father the king and her mother the queen.