C'est vrai donc

Fred Barnard

1870s

Woodblock Engraving by the Dalziels

14 x 11 cm

Full caption: "C'est vrai donc," says the Duke, "Que Madame la Duchesse n'est plus!" ... "C'est trop vrai, Monseigneur." ... "Tant mieux," says the Duke, and walks off deliberately, to the great satisfaction of the assemblage"

Book 7, chap. v. Forster's Life of Charles Dickens in the Household Edition.

Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham

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