Early One Morning
“He and Eve decided to drive in their new Peugeot, heading north west from Paris, stopping at Rheims, Verdun, site of the most famous battle of the Great War, at least in France, Metz and arriving in Molsheim, to the west of Strasbourg, early on the fourth day.
Eve couldn’t help but notice how relaxed and happy Williams was, as if a great weight had been lifted from him. Having proved he could actually race and win, some inner calm had finally taken over. Although she now knew him well enough to suspect that, like a slow drip, the need for excitement would build up again gradually. For the moment he had nothing to prove. He was up there with the elite.
They were astonished to find Molsheim was less a works than a grand estate. Even the factory seemed like an extension of the house, spotlessly clean, with a relaxed, friendly workforce building cars—including a mock-up of the fabulous and gargantuan Royale, rumoured to be one of the most expensive vehicles ever produced—boats and the pro...totype railcars that Bugatti had designed using petrol engines and pneumatic tyres.MoreLess
Eve couldn’t help but notice how relaxed and happy Williams was, as if a great weight had been lifted from him. Having proved he could actually race and win, some inner calm had finally taken over. Although she now knew him well enough to suspect that, like a slow drip, the need for excitement would build up again gradually. For the moment he had nothing to prove. He was up there with the elite.
They were astonished to find Molsheim was less a works than a grand estate. Even the factory seemed like an extension of the house, spotlessly clean, with a relaxed, friendly workforce building cars—including a mock-up of the fabulous and gargantuan Royale, rumoured to be one of the most expensive vehicles ever produced—boats and the pro...totype railcars that Bugatti had designed using petrol engines and pneumatic tyres.MoreLess
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