Brassai: The House of Illusion from "Paris by Night", 1933.

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Fine Art Photography Gallery & Forum: Brassai:
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Gaito Gazdanov's Paris / 20

The Britisher

One customer, a Britisher who seemed very preoccupied and busy, stopped me one day on the Champs-�lys�es and asked in English � he couldn�t imagine anyone not understanding him � for someplace where he could meet pretty women.

After I gave him an answer he climbed into the car and snapped �Let�s go there.� On our arrival he asked me to wait. Ten minutes later was already back and had me drive him to his hotel, very close by. The whole episode didn�t take more than 25 minutes.

He paid me; a strange smile passed across his face at the last minute as he shot me a �Merci�, probably the only word of French that he knew. [84-85]