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“Oui, Monsieur Marchant”

“Soon, tu parleras couramment”

“Maybe by our next trip”

“Next trip?”

“Oui, Marie said you told her ould be back soon”

“Would you like that?”

“Oui, beaucoup”

We stopped walking and he cupped ainstlike some of the French couples I’d seen on our walk “Merci”

“Pourquoi?”

“Making the effort”

“Je ne comprends pas”

“That sounds so beautiful” He kissed

ain “I love hearing you speak French”

I re French “I’”

“And I appreciate it” He slipped his ar