He added gaily, ‘I’m off to the seaside, in Charente. In the heartland of oysters and mussels. In the meantime, I will lunch in the city. See you soon …’
He felt as if he were playing a good trick on somebody, like those kids who had pestered old Léonie Birard for so long.
‘Come and have a bite with me,’ he finally said to the teacher, who rose and followed him as if in a dream.
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