[Penguin Island by Anatole France]@TWC D-Link bookPenguin Island BOOK IV 20/24
I know your language; I am a sworn interpreter.
This is the Parliament palace.
At the present moment the representatives of the States are in deliberation.
Would you like to be present at the sitting ?" The doctor was brought into the hall and cast his looks upon the crowd of legislators who were sitting on cane chairs with their feet upon their desks. The president arose and, in the midst of general inattention, muttered rather than spoke the following formulas which the interpreter immediately translated to the doctor. "The war for the opening of the Mongol markets being ended to the satisfaction of the States, I propose that the accounts be laid before the finance committee.
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