“Cartouche, my heart is troubled.”
“Why, Fifi?”
“Because I am not half good enough for you. I am only Fifi—you know what I mean. I am ashamed that I am not something more and better than merely Fifi.”
And Cartouche, who was usually the most matter-of-fact fellow alive, replied softly:
“As if a rose should be ashamed of being only a rose!”
BY
MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL
FRANCEZKA
“A STORY OF YOUTH AND
SPLENDOR”
ILLUSTRATED BY
HARRISON FISHER
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