Contents 1
1 How I MetJean De Gué 1
2 Dinner with Jean 3
3 I Reach the Chateau 10
4.I Meet the Family 13
5.Renée,Jean s Sister-in-Law 16
6 Jean s Mother 19
7 A Present for the Wife 27
8 Renée is Angry 30
9 Marie-Noel 33
10 Presents to the Family 36
11 At the Glass Factory 45
12 The Contract 52
13 At the Bank 57
14 Béla 63
15 I Tell Francoise 66
16 What Happened to Maurice Duval 69
17 “I Can t Shoot” 70
18 La Comtesse is Ill 74
19 Has the New Jean Failed ? 77
20 Marie-Noel has Disappeared 80
21 Death ofFrancoise 86
22 Paul s Future 90
23 Night with the Comtesse 93
24 Blanche 95
25 Everyone is Getting What They Want 98
26 The Return 101
27 “What Do I Do with Love ?” 104
* * * 107
Vocabulary 107