The Main by Trevanian

Author:Trevanian
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, Thriller
ISBN: 9780307238429
Publisher: Broadway Books
Published: 1976-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

They sit in the yellow sports car. LaPointe appears to be deep in thought, and Guttmann doesn’t know where to go first.

“Sir?”

“Hm-m?”

“What’s a plotte?” Guttmann’s school French does not cover Joual street terms.

“Sort of a whore.”

“And a guidoune?”

“Same kind of thing. Only amateur. Goes for drinks.”

Guttmann says the words over in his mind, to fix them. “And a… sauteux de… what was it?”

“A sauteux de clôtures. It’s an old-fashioned term. The concierge probably comes from downriver. It means a… sort of a man who runs after women, but there’s a sense that he chases young women more than others. Something like a cherry-picker. Hell, I don’t know! It means what it means!”

“You know, sir? Joual seems to have more words for aspects of sex than either English or French-French.”

LaPointe shrugs. “Naturally. People talk about what’s important to them. Someone once told me that Eskimos have lots of words for snow. French-French has lots of words for ‘talk.’ And English has lots of—ah, there she goes!”

“What?”

“That’s what I’ve been waiting for. The concierge just took the To Let’ sign out of the window. She was trying to get at it all the time we were there. It’s a warning to her Arnaud to stay away. I’d bet anything it’ll be put back as soon as we drive away.”

Guttmann shakes his head. “Even though he bashes her in the mouth.”

“That’s love for you, son. The love that rhymes with ‘forever’ in all the songs. Come on, let’s go.”

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