Kate DiCamillo - At the last moment, Antoinette came out of her faint...

At the last moment, Antoinette came out of her faint and shouted one word to her child. That word, reader, was adieu.. Adieu is the French word for farewell. Farewell is not the word you would like to hear from your mother as you are being led to the dungeon by two oversize mice in black hoods.. Farewell is a word that, in any language, is full of sorrow. It is a word that promises absolutely nothing.