Summaries and Commentaries

Chapter IX

Hendaye—a seacoast town in southwestern France, in that country’s Basque region.

Bayonne—a city in southwestern France.

Burguete—a town in northern Spain, in the foothills of the Pyrenees.

Gare d’Orsay—a neoclassical train station, across the Seine from the Louvre and the Tuileries; now a museum of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century art.

Comment?—(French) Why?

Chablis—a dry white Burgundy wine made in or near the town of Chablis, France.

chateau—a large country house and estate, especially in France.

Tours—a city in west-central France, on the Loire.

Bordeaux—a seaport in southwestern France, on the Garonne River.

the Landes—a region of southwestern France.

fire-gaps—avenues through the woods created by cutting down trees, so as to discourage the spread of forest fires.


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