Somerset Maugham "French Joe" kokkuvõte!!
people that he couldn't speak his native language accurately. He used English words with French
terminations. Joe talked very quickly and with wide gestures and his voice was mostly clear and
strong, but sometimes it faded away like a sound from the grave. His real name was Joseph de
Paoli, he was a nobleman and a gentleman. He was in the same family with Boswell's Johnson, but
he had never read Boswell or any books. Napoleon Boaparte was his relative.
Joseph had entered the French army in 1851, which was 71 years ago. As a lieutenant of artillery
like his cousin Bonaparte, he had fought the Russians in the Crimea and also as a captain in the
Prussians in 1870. Joe showed him his scar in his bald head from an Uhlan's lance, but he put the
sword thorugh Uhlan's body and he dropped dead. Later Joe joined the communists, Monsieur
Thiers, for 6 weeks. After that he was sentenced to 5 years in New Caledonia. He was really angry