It was in fat Madame Fontaine's little cafe at Bar la Rose, that Norman village by the sea, that I announced my decision. It being market-day the cafe was noisy with peasants, and the crooked street without jammed with carts. Monsieur Torin, the butcher, opposite me, leaned back heavily from his glass of applejack and roared. Monsieur Pompanet, the blacksmith, at my elbow, put down his cup of black coffee delicately in its clean saucer and opened his honest gray eyes wide in amazement. Simultaneously Monsieur Jaclin, the ...
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It was in fat Madame Fontaine's little cafe at Bar la Rose, that Norman village by the sea, that I announced my decision. It being market-day the cafe was noisy with peasants, and the crooked street without jammed with carts. Monsieur Torin, the butcher, opposite me, leaned back heavily from his glass of applejack and roared. Monsieur Pompanet, the blacksmith, at my elbow, put down his cup of black coffee delicately in its clean saucer and opened his honest gray eyes wide in amazement. Simultaneously Monsieur Jaclin, the mayor, in his freshly ironed blouse, who for want of room was squeezed next to Torin, choked out a wheezy "Bon Dieu!" and blew his nose in derision. "Pont du Sable-Bon Dieu!" exclaimed all three. "Pont du Sable-Bon Dieu!" "Cristi!" thundered Torin. "You say you are going to live in Pont du Sable? Helas! It is not possible, my friend, you are in earnest!""
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Good. Octavo, 7 1/2" tall, 364 pages, green cloth. With one color illustration by F. Hopkinson Smith; color illustrated end papers, pen drawings by author. A good, clean, sturdy copy with minor shelf wear overall, but rubbing and fraying to the back strip; front hinge cracked but secure, binding solid, paper lightly yellowed.
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Very Good+ Book Slight edgewear, esp. to top spine. Tear top title pg. Tight, solid, clean text. very good+, no dj, dulled spine, litho'd paste-on to green cloth 364 pgs.
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