[4] Cf. idem: chap. vi.—Translator’s Note. [↑]
[5] Cf. idem: chap. xiv.—Translator’s Note. [↑]
[6] For the Saperda-beetles cf. The Glow-worm and Other Beetles: chap. viii.—Translator’s Note. [↑]
CHAPTER XI
THE DWARFS
A Provençal proverb says:
“Chasque toupin trobo sa cubercello;
Chasque badan, sa badarello.”
It is true; every pot finds its lid, every Jack his Jill. The hunchbacked, the blind, the bandy-legged, the physically or morally deformed: one and all have their attractions which render them acceptable in certain eyes.