The Parisian
“The gloom intensified when I received a letter from Fitzgerald telling me that Hadley had remarried with Paul Mowrer, a journalist I knew. Gentle, thoughtful man, he was Paris correspondent for the Chicago Daily News. Letter said they were going to live in a country place near Crécy-en-Brie, outside Paris. What threw me was how quickly Hadley had
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“Something even sadder happened that time in Paris.” He slowly shook his head and took his time remembering. “I was at Lipp’s on their enclosed terrace having a drink—there was a taxi stand there and a cab pulled up to discharge a passenger and damn if it wasn’t Hadley. Hadn’t laid eyes on her since our divorce. She was very well dressed and as bea
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returned, triumphantly carrying a bottle of 1921 Dom Pérignon. “The first vintage they made,” he said. “Historic.” They sat at the table and ate Maisie’s fish pie. Daisy drank a glass of the champagne but she found it difficult to eat. She pushed her food around the plate in an attempt to look normal. Boy had a second helping. For dessert Maisie se
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Il n'est vraiment entré dans ma vie qu'après sa mort et d'une façon que je n'oublierai jamais. Je savais bien qu'il était mort pendant la guerre dans une chambre à gaz, exécuté comme Juif, avec sa femme et ses deux enfants, alors âgés, je crois, de quelque quinze et seize ans. Mais ce fut seulement en 1956 que j'appris un détail particulièrement ré
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