title: The Winds: A poem
author:  Ren Chalem 
description: Born in Cairo, Ren Chalem, left for Paris and the Sorbonne just before the advent of Nasser. After a few years, he immigrated to South America where he worked for the Pharmaceutical industry. At 40, driven by the threat of his childrens' abduction in a country caught up in a kidnapping frenzy, and his sudden need for a new life, he returned to Paris--city to which he felt attached as to a first love--where he started a publishing concern. The Winds, his second book to be published, is a long poem started during a visit to New Zealand and pursued over the years in Paris and Barcelona, cities between which he currently divides his time.
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  The Masqueraders
  
  
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  Georgette Heyer
  
  
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  1928
  
  
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  CHAPTER I
  
  
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  A Lady in Distress
  
  
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  It had begun to rain an hour ago, a fine driving mist with the sky grey above.
  The gentleman riding beside the chaise surveyed the clouds placidly. ‘Faith,
  it’s a wonderful climate,’ he remarked of no one in particular.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The grizzled serving man who rode some paces to the rear spurred up to him.
  ‘Best put up for the night, sir,’ he grunted. ‘There’s an inn a mile or two
  on.’
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The window of the chaise was let down with a clatter, and a lady looked out.
  ‘Child, you’ll be wet,’ she said to her cavalier. ‘How far to Norman Cross?’
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The serving man rode up close to the chaise. ‘Another hour, ma’am. I’m saying
  we’d best put up for the night.’
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ‘I’d as soon make Norman Cross,’ said the gentleman, ‘for all it’s plaguily
  damp.’
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ‘There’s an inn close by, as I rem