Every week, Le Figaro Magazine publishes an unpublished short story by a writer. This week, it's Michel Bernard’s turn.
The Ben Barka affair, which is currently making headlines in the press, has surprising ramifications... An hour's drive from Paris... But it is probably some vulgar shenanigan of a mayor or a general councilor, a cantonal adventure. Sigh. The windows lighten, the day rises over Chartres, in the fog and the scent of coffee which every morning, around 8 o'clock, spreads across the prefecture, with the clicking of a typewriter, the voice of a collaborator coming to the report. The ideal place to go green. The perfect place to start a new life in a new town. The best place to begin a new career in the new world. The most beautiful place in the world to start, the most beautiful town in the whole of Europe, the best place for a new start. The only place to be.