Word: pourgeot
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...fiction of the number consists of "The Mayor of Lyme Regis," by S. P. Duffield, and "Mile. Pourgeot's Cat," by H. P. Dodge. The former is a description of the struggle which the mayor of a sleepy, contented old English village goes through when he is besought by an American cousin to come to the land of "booms" and make his fortune. The peace of mind which comes to the old man when he finally comes to his senses and rids himself of the "latent germ of greediness and ambition," is delightfully portrayed...
...Mile. Pourgeot's Cat" is a mere sketch, but carefully and consistently written. The description of the little old lady is so telling as to be worthy quoting, though it consists of only two sentences. "She must have been about sixty, but her face was one of those so thoroughly good that they almost seem pretty. Her dress was exquisitely neat, and her hair was drawn smoothly back from the forehead and partly hidden by an immaculate white...
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