l'amour, part 73

by gabrielle-jeanette perfidy

illustrated by rhoda penmarq

part seventy-three of seventy-eight

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this is ridiculous, thought celeste, as she looked down into the square where the young man - somehow she assumed he was a young man, though obviously she could not see him clearly - was seated by himself in front of the cafe, which appeared to be closed - why should i be afraid to go down into a street in the middle of paris, late though it be? celeste glanced back at the sleeping albertine.

part 74