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Fables for the Fair
THE WOMAN WHO PLAYED "CYRANO"
THERE was once a Woman who was very Plain. She was also Clever. She had a Friend who was Far from being Either. Her Friend was much Interested in a Brilliant Man who was an Author. The Author begged to Correspond with her, but she Knew that he would Not Care to Keep it Up long, because she could Not write Clever Letters, nor Understand them, for that matter.
"I will Write them For You," said the Plain Woman. "I think it would Be Amusing, and I should Like to be Amused."
"Oh, How Kind you Are!" said her Friend, Gratefully.
The Woman had seen "Cyrano," and so she Knew how These Things Worked.
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