[31] Madame Basile. Conf., ii. 121-135.

[32] Conf. ii. ad finem.

[33] Conf., ii. 144.

[34] Another version of the story mentioned by Musset-Pathay (i. 7) makes the object of the theft a diamond, but there is really no evidence in the matter beyond that given by Rousseau himself.

[35] Bacle, by name.

[36] Conf., iii. 168.

[37] Conf., iii. 170. A slightly idealised account of the situation is given in Émile, Bk. iv. 125.


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