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Adélaïde, the beautiful
dancer from the Opera Garnier." |
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"Adélaïde
nodded happily to me and poured
the glasses. Her forehead shined
with summer heat. In due time,
we prayed, “Give us this
night our nightly wine…” After
we had drunk, I stood and went
to the window overlooking the silent
trees of Luxembourg..."
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| "At
the Parc Monceau. The
narrator meets two girls while
composing his 'Ode to Spring.'" |
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"Out
on the boulevard, I walked again
as absorbent as ever. I was fully
aware that the sun was soaking
into my blood stream at a pace
that no human had ever before
experienced. Only an accidental
meeting with someone I knew could
pull me out of this blissful
state..."
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| "The
Midsummer Soliloquy: from a
drifter's seaport memory
to a summer party at the Louvre." |
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"Summer
nights we would work and play
the guitar and the mandolin.
We drank sweet rum and sang and
made love to eager girls. A steady
stream of young female university
students and tourists kept the
business going in the pensions
near the harbor..."
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