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Blanche immediately set about her work and brought an 

 F, an R, and an O, then she hesitated. 



"You have only given us three letters, and there are 

 seven in the word." 



On this, she soon found M, A, G, E, and the word was 

 complete. The next task was a translation. We were in- 

 vited to write upon a slate any Latin, German, or English 



Chien-caniche. 



word in which the same letter did not occur twice. Some 

 one present wrote, in German hand-writing, the word pferb 

 (horse), and M. du Rouil showed the slate to Blanche. She 

 either read it or pretended to read it, and made a sign that 

 she understood by putting the slate down with her paw. 



" Now give us the French for that word ; " she immedi- 

 ately brought C, and then H, E, V, A, L. 



" As you are spending the evening at an Englishman's 

 house, Blanche, would you oblige him by translating that 

 word into English .'' " 



