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Tango01  | 04 Aug 2024 3:40 p.m. PST |
… ABATTOIRS PUBLICS
"The mass fell violently. The cracking of the shattered skull was heard throughout the courtyard, waking its inhabitants with a start. A loud roar escaped from the mouth. The legs trembled, then whipped. Lights appeared in a few windows. Dawn was barely brightening the night. The ox collapsed on the paving stones. The butcher put down his mallin and immediately began to cut up the beast. The stench of the stable, of dung and manure macerated by the summer heat, was enriched by the exhalations of blood and guts. Voices cursed from the upper floors and the casements of the windows were brutally closed. Pierre-Simon Danlos and his assistant worked with precision, the ballet of knives and choppers was perfectly regulated…"
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