The Assommoir by Émile Zola & Brian Nelson & Robert Lethbridge

Author:Émile Zola & Brian Nelson & Robert Lethbridge [Zola, Émile & Nelson, Brian & Lethbridge, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780192563637
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2021-09-09T00:00:00+00:00

The first verse was greeted with thunderous applause. Yes, yes, they’d have a sing-song, and everybody should have a turn! There was nothing like a good sing-song! They put their elbows on the table or leaned back in their chairs, nodding at the best bits and taking a drink during the choruses. That devil Boche specialized in comic songs. It was enough to send the wine bottles into fits, the way he played the soldier boy saluting with his fingers spread wide and his hat on the back of his head. After ‘The Volcano of Love’ he went straight into ‘The Baroness of Follebiche’,* one of his star turns. When he came to the third verse he turned to Clémence and crooned in a slow, seductive voice:

‘Milady was entertainin’ late,

Her sisters four, likewise:

One blonde and three brunettes with eight

Irresistible eyes.’

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