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...silver lining. Martin quoted the churchman: "If the leaders of Soviet Russia had been clever enough to respect individual rights and religious liberty in the countries they had occupied, Russia would today be by much the greatest power in the world. Perhaps we must thank le ban Dieu"-and he made a prayerful sign-"that He has not made them so intelligent...
...François' mistress arrived and the doctor left. Sunday night François took the girl to Paris, then returned to Gif-sur-Yvette. In the village tavern he was seen to eat some food and swallow many pills; then he went off toward the hut. "Mon Dieu!" cried the doctor, when he found the body the next weekend, "there's an enormous Negro lying...
Another trapped rat was a female and a veteran of the species. Because it was her tenth arrest for pilfering church funds, she faced a sentence of life imprisonment. "Mon Dieu!" she remonstrated. "You police have no respect any more for religion...
Cracked an indignant French diplomat in Washington: "Mon Dieu, que faut-il faire pour leur plaire? Se prostituer...
...inspired Frenchmen who finally overcome all difficulties (except the script) in their effort to barter furs. Typical Muni walk: "through dense woods, along fast-flowing streams, across the myriad lakes of Canada, pushing farther north than any white man had ever gone before." Typical Muni talk: "Le bon Dieu. . . . This place for look-not talk...