"Looks like a sand pile my kids have been playing in for a long time - it's all beat up - no definition - just a lot of bumps and holes."

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Pardon me," I answered, as I placed a bundle of straw upon the fire and slightly stirred it. Then I turned quickly but already we had passed out of sight of La Muette. Astonished I cast a glance towards the river. I perceived the confluence of the Oise. And naming the principal bends of the river by the places nearest them, I cried, "Passy, St. Germain, St. Denis, Sevres!"

— Francois Laurent d'Arlandes