The American arrives in Paris with a few French phrases he has culled from a conversational guide or picked up from a friend who owns a beret. (Fred Allen)

The American arrives in Paris with a few French phrases he has culled from a conversational guide or picked up from a friend who owns a beret.

Fred Allen

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