Note 5 — Chapter III · MLLE. SMITH SINCE HER INITIATION INTO SPIRITISM
Daniel B. Vermilye translation
The following are some of these impromptu rhymes, surely up to the level of the circumstances which inspired them, but by which we ought not to judge the conscious poetic faculties of Mlle. Smith:
To a little girl proud of her new shoes:
“Marcelle est là, venez la voir, Elle a ses petits souliers noirs.”
In a “culinary” discussion:
“Vous détestez les omelettes, Autant que moi les côtelettes.”
To a person slightly vain:
“Vos richesses, ma chère amie, Ne me font point du tout envie!”