The Discovery of France by Graham Robb

Author:Graham Robb [Robb, Graham]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780330471572
Publisher: Picador
Published: 2015-05-30T16:00:00+00:00

It was like a vision:

She was sitting in the middle of the bench, all on her own . . . A long shawl with purple stripes was placed behind her back on the brass rail. . . . But the fringe was pulling it down and it was about to slip away into the water. Frédéric leapt forward and caught it. She said, ‘Thank you, Monsieur.’

Their eyes met.

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NOT EVERY RIVER JOURNEY, of course, was an undiluted delight. In her bilingual Traveller’s Manual, Mme de Genlis prepared her readers for the worst. (The first set of phrases is a reminder that road journeys, too, often involved a perilous river crossing.)

Coachman or postilion, stop, I wish to alight before boarding the ferry.

Oh, there is no danger, the horses are gentle . . .

I wish to alight, I tell you, and to board the ferry on foot.

How much must I pay to have the little room to myself ? And how much must one pay when one is in the large room with all the other passengers?

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