[A Mummer’s Tale by Anatole France]@TWC D-Link bookA Mummer’s Tale CHAPTER IX 7/46
It's at least the tenth time in a month that she has come out with that story.
This is an infernal nuisance!" "Such conduct cannot be tolerated in a house like this," said Pradel. "You'll have to fine Delage.
Pray continue, Madame Doulce." "Monsieur l'Abbe Mirabelle explained to me in the clearest manner that suicide is an act of despair." But Constantin Marc was inquiring of Pradel with interest, whether Lydie, the little super, was pretty. "You have seen her in _La Nuit du 23 octobre_; she plays the woman of the people who, in the Plaine de Grenelle, is buying wafers of Madame Ravaud." "A very pretty girl, to my thinking," said Constantin Marc. "Undoubtedly," responded Pradel.
"But she would be still prettier if her ankles weren't like stakes." And Constantin Marc musingly replied. "And Delage has outraged her.
That fellow possesses the sense of love. Love is a simple and primitive act.
<<Back Index Next>> D-Link book Top TWC mobile books
|