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		<title>Victor Hugo&#8217;s, &#8220;Elle avait pris ce pli&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Waring</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our third grandchild, and first granddaughter, Soleil Valdes, was born on September 3rd. I fully hope and expect that within a very few years she also will be stepping lightly into the large open office space that Josée and I call our grande salle, and where we both work, and that her arrival will infect [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paristampablog.com&amp;blog=5823855&amp;post=1406&amp;subd=paristampa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our third grandchild, and first granddaughter, Soleil Valdes, was born on September 3rd. I fully hope and expect that within a very few years she also will be stepping lightly into the large open office space that Josée and I call our grande salle, and where we  both work, and that her arrival will infect us with her happiness and laughter, and in the process thoroughly distract us from our work of reading and writing, but leaving us much the better for her visit, &#8220;nos deux têtes bien moins lasses.&#8221;</p>
<p>Elle avait pris ce pli dans son âge enfantin<br />
De venir dans ma chambre un peu chaque matin;<br />
Je l&#8217;attendais ainsi qu&#8217;un rayon qu&#8217;on espère;<br />
Elle entrait, et disait: Bonjour, mon petit père ;<br />
Prenait ma plume, ouvrait mes livres, s&#8217;asseyait<br />
Sur mon lit, dérangeait mes papiers, et riait,<br />
Puis soudain s&#8217;en allait comme un oiseau qui passe.<br />
Alors, je reprenais, la tête un peu moins lasse,<br />
Mon oeuvre interrompue, et, tout en écrivant,<br />
Parmi mes manuscrits je rencontrais souvent<br />
Quelque arabesque folle et qu&#8217;elle avait tracée,<br />
Et mainte page blanche entre ses mains froissée<br />
Où, je ne sais comment, venaient mes plus doux vers.<br />
Elle aimait Dieu, les fleurs, les astres, les prés verts,<br />
Et c&#8217;était un esprit avant d&#8217;être une femme.<br />
Son regard reflétait la clarté de son âme.<br />
Elle me consultait sur tout à tous moments.<br />
Oh! que de soirs d&#8217;hiver radieux et charmants<br />
Passés à raisonner langue, histoire et grammaire,<br />
Mes quatre enfants groupés sur mes genoux, leur mère<br />
Tout près, quelques amis causant au coin du feu !<br />
J&#8217;appelais cette vie être content de peu !<br />
Et dire qu&#8217;elle est morte!  Hélas! que Dieu m&#8217;assiste !<br />
Je n&#8217;étais jamais gai quand je la sentais triste ;<br />
J&#8217;étais morne au milieu du bal le plus joyeux<br />
Si j&#8217;avais, en partant, vu quelque ombre en ses yeux.</p>
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