When I got there with the books I told my wife about the wonderful place I had found. “But Tatie, you must go by this afternoon and pay,” she said. “Sure I will,” I said. “We’ll both go. And then we’ll walk down by the river and along the quais.” “Let’s walk down the rue de Seine and look in all the galleries and in the windows of the shops.” “Sure. We can walk anywhere and we can stop at some new café where we don’t know anyone and nobody knows us and have a drink.” “We can have two drinks.” “Then we can eat somewhere.” “No. Don’t forget we have to pay the library.” “We’ll come home and eat
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