“I do, and my friend, Criou, offered the same advice, but I am sure that if I can make her acquaintance properly, everything else will fall into place.”
“The innocence of youth,” Philippe muttered. “Now, I assume you have not yet met the girl face to face?”
“That is the problem, Father. I have seen her in the market then, again, on Christmas Eve here in the church. I was determined to find her house so, knowing it was close to the Parc Longchamp, I hid and watched the big residences there. She did not appear and I was on the verge of abandoning my dream when it struck me! The baker’s lad knocked on most of the doors, every morning, and he would know, for sure. Therefore, I have the number of her house!”
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