Up there was the hosiery department, which that young lady looked after.

Il y avait là un comptoir de lingerie, que tenait cette demoiselle.

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Yes, yes,' interrupted the priest; my sister had a little hosiery business at Besançon, which she has been obliged to give up on account of her health; and now she is anxious to join us again, as the doctors have ordered her to live in the south.

--Oui, reprit le prêtre. Ma soeur avait un petit commerce de lingerie, à Besançon; elle a dû liquider pour des raisons de santé; maintenant, elle désire nous rejoindre, les médecins lui ayant ordonné l'air du Midi ...

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