the Paris Ballet Theater
Mrs. Lambert was Adélaïde’s tutor. Adélaïde was tutored at home, and the reason for this was ballet. Like most girls her age, Adélaïde wanted to be a ballerina. Unlike most girls her age, Adélaïde was a true prodigy of dance. At the age of six, she was admitted and enrolled into the Paris Ballet Theater, and because her time was spent in countless lessons, rehearsals, and performances, she couldn’t attend normal school. Instead, she was tutored until one o’clock, after which she set off for the theater. It was a short walk, but Adélaïde enjoyed it. She packed her bag, slipped down the narrow alleyway next to the yellow postbox, continued past the wooden windmill, tapped the head of the man who could walk through walls,…
