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thought about turning back but realized that Margot was plenty capable to pick up after
herself, so she continued out and into the emptying streets.
Tali looked up at the sky, about to begin a conversation with her parents, when she noticed
immense clouds rolling in, blanketing the city in the down of a gray goose. A quick lap
around the Eiffel tower, she thought, would give her the inspiration necessary to finish her
latest landscape. Beneath the tower Tali saw a man in a bright yellow rain jacket holding
an umbrella over his head, apparently caught in a rainstorm of his own. He was juggling
a soccer ball with his feet, being careful not to move out from the safety of his not-in-use-
but-could-be-useful red polka-dotted umbrella. That’s funny, she thought, it’s not raining
yet, and looked at the man with the studious eye of an artist or maybe a psychologist.
“You never know in Paris!” he shouted at her as she walked by, as if he heard what she was
thinking. Their eyes met and she smiled. He was genuinely nice, she could tell by his
toothy grin, but not the love she was looking for. She continued on her way, hoping to make
it back to her place just as the rain started.
“The second most beautiful woman I have ever seen,” thought Jacques as he watched her
fade away into darkness.

Tarte au Chocolat

Serves 10

Ingredients

• 1 ¼ cup sugar
• 6 tablespoons strong-brewed coffee, warm
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room
temperature
• 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
• 2 large brown eggs
• ¼ cup flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Dutch processed cocoa powder, for dusting
(optional)
• For the crust
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into
tablespoon-sized squares
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 3 tablespoons warm water