together we will begin a series of short english stories which will help us to learn English
the story is
the winepress
by
josef essberger
"you don't have to be french to enjoy a decent red wine"Charles Joscelin DE grues red to tell his foreign guests whenever he entertained them in pairs ."but you do have to be french to recognize one"he would add with a laugh.
after a lifetime in the french diplomatic corps the count DE grues lived with his wife in an elegant townhouse on quai Voltaire .he was a likeable man cultivated of course with a well deserved reputation as a generous host and an amusing raconteur.
this evening 's guests were all European and all equally convinced that immigration was at the root of Europe's problems .Charles DE grues said nothing .he had always concealed his contempt for such ideas and in any case he had never much cared for these particular guests.
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