Sublime

As we reached the top end of the Rue du Petit-Puits, we had our first sight of one of Marseille’s most fortunate and elegant survivors, the pale, rosy stone mass of La Vieille Charité, Designed by Pierre Puget and built in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the buildings at one time provided a home for Marseille’s homeless, who were probably

Peut-être sa tendresse n’était-elle que l’ultime sursaut avant la fin, comme celle d’un gentleman qui achèterait des bijoux à sa maîtresse avant de lui annoncer que c’est terminé.

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