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Bohemian Reverie

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Bohemian Reverie

It happened on last Saturday’s supper visit to my old friend Wilfred.  He had prepared, as he always does, some superb roast chicken, backed by plenty of red wine and followed up this time by a digestif that he called Génépy and claimed to have brought back from the Alps, though I suspect he had…

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A tale of monarchs reborn

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A tale of  monarchs reborn

Diana and Yvonne had been friends since university. They meet once a year to catch up, but last week their meeting was different. Diana had just come back from a brief stay in Moscow where her life had been turned upside down. She went there to be immersed in the language and, in passing, to…

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The Great Penderbell Burglary

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The Great Penderbell Burglary

For all of his seventy-seven years, my Great Uncle James Penderbell suffered from cold feet.  Every winter, and almost every night, his toes became an icy Arctic blue, and they burned, itched and stung.  His brothers might scoff that James was stiff at both ends and could only expect to have one bright idea every…

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