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La riviere de diamants
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Dear All,
"Mlle Larivière, Lucette's governess. Her real name comes from rivière,
French for "river"."
Actually, Old McNab is having a go at Guy de Maupassant (Guillaume de
Monparnasse)and his 'worst short story ever written',
"La Parure" (usually trans as "The Diamond Necklace") in which a young
functionary's wife borrows
a 'riviere de diamants' to wear to the ministry ball -- then loses it.
Hugs and kisses from vuvuzela-deafened Tom Rymour in Joburg.
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"Mlle Larivière, Lucette's governess. Her real name comes from rivière,
French for "river"."
Actually, Old McNab is having a go at Guy de Maupassant (Guillaume de
Monparnasse)and his 'worst short story ever written',
"La Parure" (usually trans as "The Diamond Necklace") in which a young
functionary's wife borrows
a 'riviere de diamants' to wear to the ministry ball -- then loses it.
Hugs and kisses from vuvuzela-deafened Tom Rymour in Joburg.
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