We limped home, penniless, but richer nonetheless
I went into business on my own – selling flowers at rush hour in the metro stations of Paris. Photograph: Getty Images
There was a shower in the kitchen where we’d put them, in saucepans and buckets of water. Then we’d sit around reading, or thinking about, procuring, preparing, consuming, and then cleaning up after, lunch, all of which could take hours . At around four we would go separately to small metro stations like Jussieu or Place Monge, or together to a bigger one, like Bir-Hakeim, and sell our flowers.
Once, during a party, in a kindly spirit of full disclosure, he told me I was a nice guy “but I’m after your girlfriend’s bones”. As far as I am aware, he never succeeded.
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