"Ah! So you like this type of book?"
The bookseller suddenly seemed to find a "get-rich-quick scheme," and hurriedly recommended: "How about following me to the third floor for a look? It's full of top-notch French novels there! The most outstanding one is De Cocq. We have everything here like 'The Husband Changed by His Wife,' 'Wife, Husband, and Lover,' 'The Child of My Wife,' 'The Barber of Paris,' and 'Beauty from the Suburbs.' Reading French novels is the best way to pass the time, and when you mention them at salon parties, it's as if you've opened the ladies' chatterbox. Women love these things from Paris, whether it's perfume, novels, French cuisine, or fashion; they even want to marry a Frenchman."
Paul de Cocq?
Arthur felt something amiss as soon as he heard the name.
