CHAPTER XI

Am I to be called Davy de La Pailleterie or Alexandre Dumas?--_Deus dedit, Deus dabit_--The tobacco-shop--The cause of the Emperor Napoleon's fall, as it appeared to my writing-master--My first communion--How I prepared for it

## BOOK IV

## CHAPTER I Auguste Lafarge--Bird-snaring on a large scale--A wonderful catch--An epigram--I wish to write French verses--My method of translating Virgil and Tacitus--Montanan--My political opinions

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