Ruth Lamb.
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A French Conversation.
Voltaire once said, "It is not clear, therefore it cannot be French." This is only partially true, for the French language furnishes abundant material for puns and misunderstandings, intentional or otherwise. The following amusing instance may serve as an illustration:—
Two sportsmen met together on their way home.
"Where do you come from?" the first asked the second, who was trembling with fright.
"I come—I come—from the forest of Bondy."
"And why are you so excited?"
"I have been attacked by robbers."