The Dancer At the Gai-Moulin (2014)
“The Pipe-Smokers There were four of them in the huge space where tables covered with blotting paper were being used as desks. The lamps had green cardboard shades. Doors stood open, leading on to empty rooms.
It was evening at police headquarters.
Only the detectives were there, smoking their pipes. Tall, red-haired, Chief Inspector Delvigne was perched on the edge of a table, twisting the ends of his moustache from time to time. A young inspector was doodling on his blotter. The only p...erson speaking was a short, stocky officer who obviously hailed from the countryside, and was still a peasant in appearance from head to toe.
‘Seven francs each, if you get packets of twelve! Pipes you’d have to pay twenty for in the shops. And nothing wrong with ’em, either! My brother-in-law, see, he works in the factory at Arlon.’ ‘We could order a couple of dozen, for the whole squad.’ ‘That’s what I said to my brother-in-law.MoreLess
It was evening at police headquarters.
Only the detectives were there, smoking their pipes. Tall, red-haired, Chief Inspector Delvigne was perched on the edge of a table, twisting the ends of his moustache from time to time. A young inspector was doodling on his blotter. The only p...erson speaking was a short, stocky officer who obviously hailed from the countryside, and was still a peasant in appearance from head to toe.
‘Seven francs each, if you get packets of twelve! Pipes you’d have to pay twenty for in the shops. And nothing wrong with ’em, either! My brother-in-law, see, he works in the factory at Arlon.’ ‘We could order a couple of dozen, for the whole squad.’ ‘That’s what I said to my brother-in-law.MoreLess
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