“The gendarmes are here. Make sure they know I’m on the ground, unarmed. The truck has been immobilized. I shot the tires out. The boat has gone back out to sea, but we have the number. I’m on the ground, and I think I have a broken rib. They hit me with an oyster cage. And tell Pleven that if he ever runs for office, I’ll mount my own campaign against the stupid bastard.”

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