Wild Boy by Mary Losure Page A

September 2, 1800, in Gineste, p. 478.
    “lively joy”
[vif sentiment de joie]
:
le Publiciste
, September 2, 1800, in Gineste, p. 477.
    “very lively cries of joy”
[des cris de joie très vifs]
:
le Courrier des spectacles
, September 2, 1800, in Gineste, p. 478.
    married and widowed twice: death certificate of Clair Saussol, Rodez, February 28, 1822, Archives Départementales de l’Aveyron.
    “his old guardian, whom he appears to love very much”:
Gazette de France
, August 9, 1800, in Lane,
Wild Boy
, p. 18.
    Often, he went hungry: Itard, p. 88. When he could get food . . . by himself: Ibid., p. 19. Locked in a dark closet: Ibid., p. 95.
    about forty boys and twenty girls: Institute for Deaf-Mutes enrollment records, 1801, National Archives, Paris.
    For descriptions of student life at the Institute, see Harlan Lane’s
When the Mind Hears: A History of the Deaf
, pp. 8–13. The separate gardens for girls and boys can be seen in contemporary floor plans in unedited manuscripts in the archives of the Institute for Deaf-Mutes, now known as the Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris.
    Chapter Eight
    “The child . . . interesting being”: Itard, p. xxiv.
    “I have often . . . this situation”: Ibid., p. 13.
    “condemned . . . in our asylums”: Philippe Pinel, “Report to the Société des Observateurs de l’Homme concerning the child known by the name of ‘Sauvage de l’Aveyron,’” in Lane,
Wild Boy
, p. 58.
    “Debtors are incarcerated . . . epileptics, imbeciles. . . .” Mercier, p. 160.
    “subterranean dungeons . . . in the roof”: Ibid., p. 163.
    “to tear a child . . . boredom in an institution”: Itard, p. 11.
    “I never shared this unfavorable opinion” and “I dared to conceive certain hopes”: Ibid., p. 7.
    Chapter Nine
    “I believed . . . tastes and inclinations”: Ibid., p. 11.
    “all the patience . . . enlightened teacher,” “It was necessary . . . happy in his own way,” “sleeping, eating . . . the fields,” and “scampers”: Ibid., p. 12.
    “I have many . . . great satisfaction”: Ibid., p. 64.
    “was the beginning . . . signs of satisfaction” and “I shall perhaps . . . life’s earliest joys”: Ibid., pp. 24 and 25.
    “A ray of sun . . . child of nature”: Ibid., p. 18.
    “cry of joy”: Ibid., p. 12.
    “There, giving vent . . . incredible eagerness”: Ibid., p. 13.
    Chapter Ten
    “
. . . in moments of great happiness”: Ibid., p. 33.
    “an almost ordinary child who cannot speak”: Ibid., p. 49.
    “People may say . . . childish play”: Ibid., p. 25.
    “He is often heard . . . sweetness” and “I am somewhat . . . name of Julie”: Ibid., p. 33.
    Chapter Eleven
    Victor’s friendship with the astronomer’s daughter: editors’ note to article in
Décade philosophique
, 1800, in Gineste, p. 481.
    “in moments of great happiness”: Itard, p. 33.
    “Everything put . . . communication of ideas”: Ibid., p. 67.
    “I have . . . shown him toys . . . before his bonfire”: Ibid., p. 20.
    “It would have been inhuman to insist further”: Ibid., p. 31.
    “despairing of success”: Ibid., p. 32.
    “trembling in every limb . . . towards the door,” “With every appearance of anger,” “his head directly . . . the chasm,” and “He was pale . . . bed and wept”: Ibid., p. 44.
    “contented himself . . . in tears”: Ibid., p. 45.
    But after that day, Victor . . . ran away: Ibid., pp. 44–45.
    “escaped,” “shed many tears on seeing her again,” and “When Madame Guérin . . . began to weep”: Ibid., pp. 24–25.
    Chapter Twelve
    “The child . . . early success”: Ibid., p. 48.
    Chapter Thirteen
    “There is always the same . . . stormy wind”: Ibid., p. 92.
    “such was the effect . . . wild than ever,” “an independent life, happy and regretted,” and “straight and regular . . . wild nature is composed”: Ibid., pp. 23–24.
    “garland of flowers . . . swans”: Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, in Herriot, p. 25.
    “Madame