title: Scene in France: From A to Z
author:  Meredith Escudier 
description: Meredith Escudiers essays and poetry have appeared in a number of publications: online magazines, literary journals and various anthologies, three of which are currently available on Amazon: Child of My Child, Steeped in the World of Tea and Let Them Eat Crepes. Having spent most of her adult life in Paris, living, loving, working and raising a family, Meredith Escudier enjoys writing about food, language, lifestyles, French folks and the many quirks we all find so fascinating. Today, she divides her time between southern France and her native northern California.
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  # Nothing Worse Than a Fright
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Alfred de Vigny--Translated and adapted by Frank J. Morlock
  
  
  SCENE I
  
  
  SCENE II
  
  
  SCENE III
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  
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  THE DUKE OF *********, still very young, very brilliant peer,
  
  
  Ambassador of Louis XVI, cordon blue
  
  
  
  
  
  DUCHESS DE *********, his wife, naive, childish, gracious, animated
  