My Lady Nicotine
October, 1958
Some years ago, a young soldier named Francois, after serving his term of duty, returned to his native village near Poitiers to live. He promptly fell in love with a girl from one of the best families, which was not at all surprising as Nanette, for so the lass was called, had the sauciest little nose in the world and a figure so shapely that many a young man's heart beat faster at the sight of her. Indeed her large brown eyes could appear so inviting as to make a man dizzy with delight, and Fra...
