Beautiful Friend (Translation: Famous Works Library) 009

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Features: The guards are all bare-chested, sitting astride straw cushions under the archway of the gate, smoking pipes. The passersby are bare-headed, holding their hats in their hands, shuffling along with listless steps. George Duroy reaches the boulevard and stops, undecided about what to do next. He had planned to seek some relief from the heat in the shade of the Champs-élysées and the Bois de Boulogne, but another desire also draws him, the hope of encountering some romantic adventure. How would this adventure come about? He himself couldn’t quite say, but for three months he had been waiting for it day and night. Although his handsome face and charming demeanor had occasionally led him to taste some sweetness of love, he always longed for more and better...