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Updated: August 13, 2024
He went in the Argenteuil cars, got out at Sannois, climbed that pretty hill that commands the loveliest of views, and stopped at the inn of Trouillet mills in order to breakfast there. The morning was charming it was in the middle of August and the approach of autumn was already felt, which enhances the beauty of all things.
It was decided that they would call on the Bourjots on Saturday. To Sannois they went as arranged on the Saturday. They were received with effusion, and had to put up for an hour or so with the unbearable arrogance of their hosts' display of wealth.
In order to get the quicker at work, I shall stay here till New Year's Day, perhaps later than that. Do try to put off your visit to Paris. Embrace your dear little girls warmly for me, my respects to Madam Maurice, and-sincerely yours, ex imo. Gustave Flaubert CCCXVIII. To MAURICE SAND Saint-Gratien par Sannois, 20th August, 1877 Thank you for your kind remembrance, my dear Maurice.
On the right was Argenteuil with its bell tower, and above it rose the hills of Sannois and the mill of Orgemont, while on the left the aqueduct of Marly stood out against the clear morning sky, and in the distance they could see the terrace of Saint-Germain; and opposite them, at the end of a low chain of hills, the new fort of Cormeilles.
Before them lay the village of Argenteuil, apparently lifeless. The heights of Orgement and Sannois dominated the landscape. The great plain, extending as far as Nanterre, was empty, quite empty-a waste of dun-colored soil and bare cherry trees. Monsieur Sauvage, pointing to the heights, murmured: "The Prussians are up yonder!"
They are just staying at Sannois." "Noémi?" replied Renée. "I'd love it. But she, was so cold towards me last winter. I don't know why." "She will have £12,000 a year," interrupted Denoisel, "and her mother knows that you have a brother. And they are not a little proud of their money." Twelve thousand a year! Madame Mauperin thought of her son's future, and supported his suggestion.
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