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Visite du chateau
A programme for those interested in brushing up their French
Script by Emile Harven and M. J. MacDonald
Characters in order of speaking:

Peter and Helen Lamb have gone sight-seeing to the Chateau d'Assain. They meet a descendant of the old family who used to own the chateau, and make the acquaintance of the family ghost.

Quelle chaleur!, how hot it is!; visiter le chateau, to go over the chateau; de toute facon, in any case; la cote de mailles, coat of mail; le plafond, ceding; le sane, blood; l'appareil (photographique) camera; le veston, racket, coat; le portrait en pied, full-length portrait; cote a cote, side by side; bouger, to move; le panneau, panel; le berceau, cradle; le mobilier, furniture; la chasse, hunting; la peche, fishing; la bougie, candle.

Contributors

Script:
Emile Harven
Script:
M. J. MacDonald
Mme de Souchevieille:
Cecile Chevreau
Helen Lamb:
Dorothy Smith
Peter Lamb:
Richard Hurndall
Jules a guide:
Jean Drianit
Belgian tourist:
Guy du Monceau
Hermes:
Peter Carr-Foster
Narrator:
Rollo Gamble

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