“Deux!” announced Michelle. “You have been warned already.” she told Yvette, “Five extra strokes!” She addressed Michelle curtly. xx video If the Cafe du Concorde might have struck the casual observer as an unlikely setting for a severe and humiliating punishment then they would have been even more surprised to learn that the central figure on the receiving end of this misfortune was Yvette Renard. In spite of the misgivings she had voiced to Yvette, Madame Courvelle was in no doubt whatsoever as to her ability to convince those two gentlemen of the appropriateness of her plan. “So. … Most people in the village would have told you that she was conscientious, intelligent, hard working and invariably courteous and respectful to her elders.
