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Lablache and Tom Thumb Meet in Paris Tale Spread
A long reminiscence recounts a Paris hotel encounter where the famed bass Lablache pretended to be Tom Thumb to a curious countryman. The tale pivots on mistaken identity and a bouquet with a hidden note revealing a lifelong romance between two elderly lovers, now Descendrates and Lorgerel, whose intertwined past resurfaces.
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Tom
Paris
Muatand
Trotel de
Pays
M. Ponce
P. T. Barnum
Barnum
Mrr. Thumb
Lablanch
Tom Thumb
Thunb
Epinal
Zrid
Madame Lorgerel
Madame Lorverel
Auvergne
Achilles
Satan
Louis
Jose
Cid
Aasrried
Noemi
Mme Lorgerel
Clermont
Wncie
Ladmund
Altheim
M. de Lorgerel
Edmund d'Al
M. Dresondraies
Regon
Clas
Ellicottville
Cattarraugus Co
G. 4
Eapinsee
Licatwille
Buffalo
Tony
Saya
Nenetheless
Tre
Buffio Express
Mr. Auger