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Mom told him:
Comb your hair for the photo.
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''l am the way l am.''
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Do you see your mother?
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No, not often.
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My father had a... not really a...
a little factory... a store...
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where he made fertilizers.
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A chemist ran the show after he died.
Mom sold it 3 years ago,
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and kept the apartment upstairs.
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She never remarried?
:40:31
No.
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When l was 10,
she sent me to her sister.
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Said the country was good
for my bad health.
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Do you know the Vendée?
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No.
:40:43
Just the beach resort.
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Ah. Well, we were inland,
near Deux-Sévres.
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Unca and Auntie had
an inn in a village there.
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l liked it a lot there.
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The rooms were damp
and had feather beds,
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to snuggle in.
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l forgot that l had
a photo of Thérése.
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Who is Thérése?
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The chambermaid at the inn.
Welfare sent her. She was fifteen.
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She was always in black.
lt was her only dress.
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Her tiny breasts showed through.
:41:26
lt made me jealous.
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Thérése!
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Thérése!
:41:34
Where is she now, the little sneak?
:41:36
Thérése.
:41:37
Yes Madame.
:41:39
The rooms made?
:41:41
Yes Madame.
:41:42
Let's prepare the beans.
:41:44
I wanted to be her friend,
but she was too oId.
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So l made do, hanging around her.
:41:50
Schwartz used to tease me
about her.
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Did l tell you about him?
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No, l don't think so.
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Sure l did.
He was the medical student.