There was truly no single soul in the world who cared what became of her now that she had been dismissed from the lowly Moulin Bleu Revue as incompetent and incapable of inspiring interest or desire amongst the patrons. She wished to die, for like many young girls from the provinces she had come to Paris to try to succeed in the theatre. One of these was now leading her to her death. It manifested itself in the grace with which she walked as though still clad in the swinging peasant skirts, the gravity of her glance, her innocence and primitive mind in which for all her youth-she was only twenty-two-were dark corners of Celtic brooding. Wretched though she was, some of the mystery of this mysterious land still clung to her. She was an orphan, a Bretonnaise from the village of Plouharg, near St. Her name was Marelle Guizec, but her nickname was Mouche. Her eyes were haunting, large, liquid, dark and filled with despair. Her face was appealing, but it was now gaunt with hunger and the misery of failure. Her body was all bones and hollows where there should have been curves and flesh. She was a thin, awkward creature with a wide mouth and short black hair.

IN PARIS, IN THE SPRING OF OUR TIMES, a young girl was about to throw herself into the Seine. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Copyright owner. You find yourself thinking, as Mouche does, of the puppets as individuals, and completely forgetting that they are only puppets.Īll Rights Reserved. This is another of Paul Gallico’s brilliant short novels. The story is about her relationship with the seven puppets and their grim puppetmaster, Capitaine Coq, and what happens when she joins their travelling show. Duclos, Madame Muscat and Monsieur Nicholas. She then meets Reynardo the fox, Gigi, Alifanfaron, Dr. It turns out to be the voice of a glove puppet, called Carrot Top.

A young girl called Mouche is about to throw herself into the Seine, when her attention is attracted by a voice.

Love of seven dolls