THE TALES AND NOVELS
OF
J. DE LA FONTAINE



Volume 25.

Contains:
The Dress-maker
The Gascon
The Pitcher
To Promise is One Thing, to Keep it, Another
The Nightengale
Epitaph of Fontaine



THE DRESS-MAKER


A CLOISTERED nun had a lover
Dwelling in the neighb'ring town;
Both racked their brains to discover
How they best their love might crown.
The swain to pass the convent-door!--
No easy matter!--Thus they swore,
And wished it light.--I ne'er knew a nun
In such a pass to be outdone:--
In woman's clothes the youth must dress,