a thoroughly negative place
albert camus
the toly.it has a smug?placid air and you need time to discover eons?ardens?s or the rustle of leaves—a thoroughly negative place?in short ? the seasons are discriminated only in the sky.all that tells you of spring's coming is the feel of the air?or the baskets of floht in from the suburbs by peddlers;it's a spring cried in the market?places.during the summer the sun bakes the houses bone?dry?sprinkles our rayish dust?and you have no option but to survive those days of fire indoors?behind closed shutters.in autumn?on the other hand?s really pleasant a to habits.our citizens etting rich.their chief interest is in commerce?and their chief aim in life is?as they call it?“doing business.”naturally they don't esche?going to the pictures.but?very sensibly?they reserve these pastimes for saturday afternoons and sundays and employ the rest of the money?as much as possible.in the evening?on leaving the office?they forgather?at an hour that never varies?in the cafés?stroll the same boulevard?or take the air on their balconies.the passions of the young are violent and short?lived;the vices of older men seldom range beyond an addiction to bo?to banquets and “socials?" or clubs e sums change hands on the fall of a card.
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