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#118552 12/31/2003 7:14 PM
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"In the Rue Taitbout were the Concerts Rouge, where for seventy-five centimes they could hear excellent music and get into the bargain something which it was quite possible to drink: the seats were uncomfortable, the place was crowded, the air thick with caporal horrible to breathe, but in their young enthusiasm they were indifferent. "

There used to be a lousy French cigarette by that name.
So the reference is to cigarette smoke, I think.


#118553 12/31/2003 8:36 PM
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lousy French cigarette

Redundant.



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