If she thinks she has to explain to Hugo that Guy de Maupassant is a "writer," then why does she think he will know anything about his architectural preferences. That being said, I hope Hugo begins discussing the relationship between wealth and happiness as portrayed in de Maupassant's short story, "The Necklace." Next time, rather than reading about a writer, try reading his actual writing.
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Okay, I see where this date is going. Dawn probably went to Wikipedia and looked up "French authors" and did a crash course on them. We're going to hear boring and nonsensical blathering from Dawn the whole ride to the restaurant called L'escargot Rassis ("The Stale Snail").
I want Hugo to say "How should I know if he hated the Eiffel Tower? Why are you trying to convince me you have "savoir faire?"
The host family must have left the car keys on the kitchen counter and Hugo "borrowed" it. After all, he's painting their house for free, so he's entitled to a few amenities.
Maybe KM thinks her readers are too lacking in culture to know who de Maupassant was. What an insult!
Not only did Hugo "borrow" Host Family's car, he "borrowed" their credit cards. "Oh you silly Americans, with your spendthrift ways!"
When Hugo paints the house exterior (and merci for the clarification, Hugo; we all pictured you painting every room), does he wear a beret and pour paints on an easel?
Today's Boldface Haiku is titled
"And Emily Dickinson Said Fenway Park Was A Monstrosity".
Day?
Painting exterior,
So far, so good!
You?
Great! Guy de Maupassant.
Hated?
Hugo is on his way to the marina, where he'll hotwire Dr. Corey's boat and take Dawn on a sunset cruise.
Hey, Jeff wasn't using it, so why not?
-- Scottie McW.
Prediction: The Mercedes Hugo “borrowed” from his host family will get stolen during his “date” with Dawn. They’ll panic and take out loans with loan sharks (Arther?) to buy a Mercedes exactly like it to secretly replace it, only to find out after decades of desperate poverty, fear, and house-painting in paying off the loans that the original car was really just a pasteboard fake worth $200.
— Raphael
This would only be great if Hugo was a grifter like Arthur/er and is putting on this French ruse with his French he learned in high school and a phony accent he learned by watching French expressionist films.
There was an episode of the Flintstones where Fred and Barney took Wilma and Betty to a fancy French restaurant after they found the Great Gazoo. The maitre d' greets them with a fancy French accent. They expected Gazoo to cough up the money for the dinner and Gazoo doesn't come forward with the money. After they can't come up with the money and run off, the maitre d' goes "Come back here youse guys!" When Wilma asks him "what happened to your French accent", he says "Dats for paying customers!" I suspect that Hugo will put on his real accent once Dawn does something stupid, which will be any second now.
BTW Nance, great BFH title as always. My husband, being a Red Sox fan, will appreciate it LOL.
Put a roll bar on that car and he's driving Speed Buggy.
Mon dieu! If Hugo is REALLY French, I doubt he has mastered driving on the right side of the road in his year as an "exchange student".. Beware, Dawn! As for his house painting caper, if Hugo starts wearing a yellow vest while he's painting his hosts' house, they may not get off with a free paint job... Had to throw that in, since KM doesn't seem to want to get out of literary academia when it comes to depicting the French. I'd like to see a spirited argument between Hugo and Dawn where Dawn comes out as the reactionary American I know she is, and Hugo advocates the overthrow of the Ancien Regime, or at least Macron.
They drive on the right side of the road in France although most everything else is left.
Raphael -
I think it's a Miata, not a Mercedes
Recent years match very closely to what June drew
@RobC, you beat me to it. That car is proportioned like a Meyers Manx.
As for this conversation, I'm surprised Hugo is letting it slide when Dawn pronounces Guy with a long I sound and puts a hard t at the end of his last name.
The left/right confusion reminds me of a joke from late 1970s Portugal.
"Raise your left hand....I said your left hand!"
"This is my left hand. "
"Oh? So what do you call the other one? "
"That ... is my extreme left hand. "
Karen Moy probably thinks her readers would confuse Guy de Maupassant with Guy Williams, because she assumes we're all so OLLLLLDDDD and illiterate.
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