Fagette

Nevertheless, Fagette was doing her best to take Ligny away from her friend; not from inclination, for she was insensible as a stick and held men in contempt, but with the idea that a liaison with a diplomatist would procure her certain advantages, and above all, in order not to miss the opportunity of doing something scandalous.

A Mummer's Tale Anatole France 1884

"Don't stand there, Fagette: it's the summer-house," said Romilly.

A Mummer's Tale Anatole France 1884

Fagette passed her arm round her waist, and led her gently aside to the foot of Racine's statue, where she whispered into her ear:

A Mummer's Tale Anatole France 1884

Fagette, with disgust, and the tip of a gloved finger, called Nanteuil's attention to the scene through which Durville, old Maury and

A Mummer's Tale Anatole France 1884

Her impatient fingers rejected Madame Doulce, bedecked with lace, Fagette, radiant, her hair dissolving in its own brilliance; Tony Meyer, with close-set eyes and a nose drooping over his lips; Pradel, with his flourishing beard; Trublet, bald and snub-nosed;

A Mummer's Tale Anatole France 1884

Fagette came to join her there; Jenny Fagette, slender and fragile, the incarnation of Alfred de Musset's Muse, who at night wore out her eyes of periwinkle-blue by scribbling society notes and fashion articles.

A Mummer's Tale Anatole France 1884

And yet he is so shy that he daren't even talk to Fagette and Falempin.

A Mummer's Tale Anatole France 1884

Fagette pointed her finger at a bloated youth, who was sitting in the orchestra, resting his chin on his walking-stick.

A Mummer's Tale Anatole France 1884

Doulce's advice, followed with Fagette, in a hired coupé.

A Mummer's Tale Anatole France 1884

Yesterday I went with Fagette to Jeanne Perrin's dressing-room; she was dressing, and she showed her hairy legs, as if she was proud of them.

A Mummer's Tale Anatole France 1884