The proprietor refills their cups, and relights their pipes. They chat on, and they laugh fit to burst. It's such a pleasure to see a Jew beaten up!… In the middle of the hubbub and smoke, I slip out quietly
Alphonse Daudet. Letters from my Windmill.
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What you said so perfectly hits off French art now, painting and literature too, indeed— Zola, Daudet.