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Bowditch's first voyage took him to the French Isle of Bourbon (now Reunion) in the Indian Ocean. It was exotic after Salem, but not as exotic as Bowditch seemed to the French when he blushed at their conversations. "Il n'a pas encore perdu sa pucelage," a Frenchman explained to a French lady. "Quelle âge avez-vous, monsieur?" she asked Bowditch. "Twenty-three." The French lady threw up her hands: "C'est une chose absolument impossible de conserver la pucelage á cette...
...attempt to give the Soviet regime a clean bill of health in respect of religious freedom ... is far more shocking than the tactical faux pas of Mr. Lindbergh, who mentioned the Jewish influence as a factor in pushing this country into...
Hands clasped over sword hilt, Admiral Gouton sat in the High Commissioner's office and ne bougeait pas. Unless the Allied commanders called on him first, he would not budge. General Georges Catroux, who commanded the Free French in the Syrian campaign, equally refused to make the first gesture. At last General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, the Allied Commander in Chief, went in and got the Admiral to come out. When he left the building, trumpets flourished...
...When not seeking re-election he is the Senate's fanciest-dressed man, with a pas sion for bow ties, double-breasted suits and colored shirts...
...chair so that she could breathe. "One night [Mère] woke suffocating. Mother said: 'It will be all right, it will pass. . . .' But Mère gasped: 'C'est la mort.' Mother leaned to her and whispered: 'Tu n'as pas peur?' Mère steadied herself on the arms of her chair and said distinctly and firmly...