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Les Amis de l’ABC

Courfeyrac

Courfeyrac had, in fact, that animation of youth which may be called the beaute du diable of the mind. Later on, this disappears like the playfulness of the kitten, and all this grace ends, with the bourgeois, on two legs, and with the tomcat, on four paws….The others gave more light, he shed more warmth; the truth is, that he possessed all the qualities of a centre, roundness and radiance.