Ambiguous Adventure (2012)
“Lucienne came to meet him, rosy and smiling, her hand outstretched.
“Has Socrates at last drunk the hemlock?” she asked, with a smile in her voice.
Samba Diallo smiled back at her.
“No,” he answered. “The sacred vessel has not yet returned from Delos.”
Addressing her parents, Lucienne explained: “Samba Diallo is preparing a work on the Phédon for our study group, and he is so passionately absorbed in this task that for a moment I was afraid he was forgetting to come.”
Then, turning toward Samba... Diallo, she introduced her family: her father, her mother, and her cousin Pierre, a medical student.
“I hope, Monsieur, that you will excuse us for receiving you like this, in complete simplicity,” Madame Martial said. “Lucienne and I want you to feel entirely at ease here, as in your own home.”
“I thank you for your kindness, Madame, and for your invitation.”
“Then add that you are only making this reply from politeness,” Lucienne’s father cried out. “My wife imagines that your African milieu is distinguished from ours only by a lesser complexity.”MoreLess
“Has Socrates at last drunk the hemlock?” she asked, with a smile in her voice.
Samba Diallo smiled back at her.
“No,” he answered. “The sacred vessel has not yet returned from Delos.”
Addressing her parents, Lucienne explained: “Samba Diallo is preparing a work on the Phédon for our study group, and he is so passionately absorbed in this task that for a moment I was afraid he was forgetting to come.”
Then, turning toward Samba... Diallo, she introduced her family: her father, her mother, and her cousin Pierre, a medical student.
“I hope, Monsieur, that you will excuse us for receiving you like this, in complete simplicity,” Madame Martial said. “Lucienne and I want you to feel entirely at ease here, as in your own home.”
“I thank you for your kindness, Madame, and for your invitation.”
“Then add that you are only making this reply from politeness,” Lucienne’s father cried out. “My wife imagines that your African milieu is distinguished from ours only by a lesser complexity.”MoreLess
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