<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Martini Martaine on Gromet's Plaza Archive</title><link>/authors/martini-martaine/</link><description>Recent content in Martini Martaine on Gromet's Plaza Archive</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/authors/martini-martaine/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Business or Pleasure?</title><link>/stories/2022/11/29/business-or-pleasure/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2022/11/29/business-or-pleasure/</guid><description>&lt;h4 id="1"&gt;1.&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It started one day when Ms Brand asked Josephine if she knew any French. Now, months later, in the car to the airport, Josephine was more excited than anything. &amp;ldquo;Stop fidgeting and be calm,&amp;rdquo; is all Ms Brand said distractedly as she focused on her phone, sending a last message to some company called Chasseur Maroquinerie.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;How much French did you manage to learn, Josephine?&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Uh, a little, Ms Brand. I can read more than I speak. It was harder than I thought.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>