Welcome back, everyone to 1001 Stories for the Road.

This is your host, John Haggardorn.

I've been thinking about how we deliver novels like this, and I think it's a long wait for you to go from Sunday to Sunday.

So I'm going to change that up a little bit and make

the story a little more continuous and close for you. I'll do one chapter on Sunday at noon

and release another chapter on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. Eastern Time. And that way, you'll only have a few

days between episodes. You may not forget as much and I think it'll be more enjoyable for you.

So that's what we're going to do.

If you have any comments about that strategy, please do let me know.

You can email me at 1001 Stories Podcast at gmail.com.

It's 1001 Stories Podcast at gmail.com. I'm finding the story, just as so many readers have said,

excellent, and I hope you're enjoying it as well. And I want to make it a good and memorable

story for you. That's the plan. We'll see how it works. Today, chapter five, the marriage feast.

Then chapter six, we'll play early Wednesday evening. And now our story.

The morning's sun rose clear and resplendent, touching the foamy waves into a network of ruby-tinted

light. The feast had been made ready on the second floor at La Reserve, with whose arbor the reader is

already familiar. The apartment destined for the purpose was spacious and lighted by a number of windows,

over each of which was written in

golden letters, for some inexplicable reason, the name of one of the principal cities of France.

Beneath these windows, a wooden balcony extended the entire length of the house. And although the

entertainment was fixed for 12 o'clock, an hour previous to that time, the balcony was filled

with impatient and expected

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