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The Lonesomest Doll

sides, with all this gold and jewels, she was so valuable that the Lord Treasurer kept her locked up in a chest in the Treasure Room of the pal­ace; and little Clotilde had her brought out only once or twice a year, to see how she herself had looked on the day when she was crowned Queen. Only once or twice a year to see one’s mamma! This is why Mignon was the lonesomest doll in the world.