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‘But,’ resumed the dowager, ‘you are wearing mourning
for him.’
He replied, ‘It is because I was a servant in his family in
my youth.’
Another thing which was remarked, was, that every time
that he encountered in the town a young Savoyard who was
roaming about the country and seeking chimneys to sweep,
the mayor had him summoned, inquired his name, and
gave him money. The little Savoyards told each other about
it: a great many of them passed that way.

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