Fossette

No matter that I now seized the explanation of the whole great fête — a fête of which the conventual Rue Fossette had not tasted, though it had opened at dawn that morning, and was still in full vigour near midnight.

Villette 2003

I could only think of the pensionnat in the Rue Fossette.

Villette 2003

Fossette, she (Miss F.) suddenly burst into a laugh.

Villette 2003

Fossette, discovering by some surreptitious spying means, that I was no longer so stationary as hitherto, but went out regularly at certain hours of certain days, took it upon himself to place me under surveillance.

Villette 2003

Fossette held a superstition that “Meess Lucie” was learned; with the notable exception of M. Emanuel, who, by means peculiar to himself, and quite inscrutable to me, had obtained a not inaccurate inkling of my real qualifications, and used to take quiet opportunities of chuckling in my ear his malign glee over their scant measure.

Villette 2003

At first I lacked courage to venture very far from the Rue Fossette, but by degrees I sought the city gates, and passed them, and then went wandering away far along chaussées, through fields, beyond cemeteries,

Villette 2003

Fossette, had an interview with the directress, and procured the indulgence, on the plea of prolonged rest and change being necessary to perfect recovery.

Villette 2003

While I looked, the thought of the Rue Fossette came across me — of the walled-in garden and school-house, and of the dark, vast

Villette 2003

Fossette, two or three days after my sudden settlement there, she encountered me with very little surprise.

Villette 2003

“Let me pass,” pleaded a voice I knew: “I ask but five minutes;” and a familiar shape, tall and grand (as we of the Rue Fossette all thought it), issued from the house, and strode down amongst the beds and walks.

Villette 2003