Les Deux Pêches . cTaprès André Theuriet

Conte Humoristique

M. Vital Herbelot is a type of many thousands of men in France whose whole life is lived in the govemment employ {l'administration), After years of service, and strict observance of ail office traditions, a clerk may rise to be a directeur or chef de bureau, M. Herbelot's career, however, is interrupted by the incident of the peaches.