Word: practicably
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fastidious retired railroad worker, was the Dr. Johnson of the town of Angoulême A divorcé and a gourmet, Marc and his friends-the undertaker, the fishmonger, the mayor, the lawyer's clerk and the school principal-met so regularly in the tavern called Le Practic that their group became known as Champagnat's Club. Over peppery steak and cognac, Marc would talk endlessly of his philosophies, his past amours, his hobbies-fishing and cooking-and his adventures in the Cameroons. Even the Irish setter Vo-Vo learned to follow his conversation with interest and thumped...
...four years ago, Marc startled his companions at Le Practic with a joke that seemed something less than funny. "It is my belief," he said, "that a man should not live to be more than 60. As you all know, I shall be 56 on Oct. 3. I have saved 4,000,000 francs, and I intend to spend it at a rate of 1,000,000 each year. I shall kill myself at the end of September 1953. On Oct. 1, I shall be buried." Marc's friends slapped him on the back and urged him to have...
Nice to See You. As the zero hour approached, friends pleaded and entreated with Marc to change his mind, to no avail. On the morning of Sept. 28, gloom hung like a pall in the bar of Le Practic. Even VoVo lay silent, crouched in a corner. Then someone, peering from the window, cried, "Why, there's Marc now!" And down the street, wearing the neat, pin-stripe suit that fitted him so snugly, came Marc. "I've decided to give myself a reprieve," he beamed. "Beefsteak with pepper, please, Madame. Well, it's nice...
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