"The Painter
The painter was no longer working. He was sitting*1 on a bench near his easel. When I approached*2, he looked up, smiled and said to me in*3 English: "It is warm."
I replied in French: " Yes, it is very warm today."
"Oh," he said, " I thought*4 you were English!""You are right, " I said*5 to him, "I am an Englishman."
*1 être assis
*2 past historic in the general narrative
*3 en
*4 imperfect
*5 inversion: "said I"
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