Word: massilia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...back from Chateau d'If (which takes about forty minutes by boat) I sat next to three girls who looked French but spoke Greek. They praised Dumas' imagination, showed traces of profound interest in the ancient "Massilia" during the Gallo-Roman epoch, then turned girlish and discussed men: Frenchmen were too short, but nice to be gay with; Germans were rough but make good husbands; Englishmen are stiff and cold; Americans are rich-but oh, so very young! Yet how good it would be to meet some men, no matter from where. "Come, Loretta. you are nearest, shall we commence...