De Musset's Childhood.
Nervous irritability and a desire to distinguish himself were plainly visible £n Alfred. doMussetat the age of 3 years. Once he got p, pair of ne^r red shoes, and lie went into raptures about them. He was no impatient to show himself in his new ohoes that he could scarcely wait to be dressed. While hii mother was dressing his hair he was trembling with impatience, and at last he exclaimed in an angry tone, "Make haste, mamma, or else my new shoes will get old!" Tlio precocious boy was pampered and spoiled and allowed to become a despot in tho hoiiso.' |
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Manawatu Herald, 21 May 1898, Page 4
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105De Musset's Childhood. Manawatu Herald, 21 May 1898, Page 4
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