games, and tastes of a little girl.

Although the account of these scenes is quite dull and
colorless compared with the sight of the astonishing and sudden
transformations themselves, I shall attempt, nevertheless, to
describe some of them. I quote some of M----'s
_objectivations_:

_As a peasant._--She rubs her eyes and stretches herself. "What
time is it? Four o'clock in the morning!" She walks as if she
were dragging sabots. "Now, then, I must get up. Let us go to
the stable. Come up, red one! come up, get about!" She seems to
be milking a cow. "Let me alone, Gros-Jean, let me alone, I
tell you. When I am through my work. You know well enough that
I have not finished my work. Oh! yes, yes, later."

_As an actress._--Her face took a smiling aspect instead of the
dull and listless manner which she had just had. "You see my
skirt? Well, my manager makes me wear it so long. These
managers are too tiresome. As for me, the shorter the skirt the
better I like it. There is always too much of it. A simple fig
leaf! Mon Dieu, that is enough! You agree with me, don't you,
my dear, that it is not necessary to have more than a fig leaf?
Look then at this great dowdy Lucie--where are her legs, eh?"

_As a priest._--She imagines that she is the Archbishop of
Paris. Her face becomes very grave. Her voice is mildly sweet
and drawling, which forms a great contrast with the harsh,
blunt tone she had as a general. (Aside.) "But I must
accomplish my charge." She leans her head on her hand and
reflects. (Aloud.) "Ah! it is you, Monsieur Grand Vicar; what
is your business with me? I do not wish to be disturbed. Yes,
today is the first of January, and I must go to the cathedral.
This throng of people is very respectful, don't you think so,
monsieur? There is a great deal of religion in the people,
whatever one does. Ah! a child! let him come to me to be
blessed. There, my child." She holds out to him her imaginary
bishop's ring to kiss. During this whole scene she is making
gestures of benediction with her right hand on all sides. "Now
I have a duty to perform. I must go and pay my respects to the
president of the Republic. Ah! Mr. President, I come to offer
you my allegiance. It is the wish of the church that you may
have many years of life. She kn