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Iannis Posted 19 years ago
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"More generations than I can prove beyond doubt, except classified under ci

0 Hi,02br
00Still I don't understand the meaning of this enigmatic (funerary?) sentence from Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley":02br
00' "You come from here?"02br
00 "More generations than I can prove beyond doubt, except classified under ci gît in St.Louis" '02br
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00Could someone help me?02br
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00Thanks in advance, Ia. 0-
  

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0 01b 00ci gît02b 02br 02br 00 It's French: Here reposes/lies. 02br 00 He may refer to dead relatives, now in some cemetery in St. Louis.

  • 0 01b 00ci gît02b 02br 02br 00 It's French: Here reposes/lies.
  • 02br 00 He may refer to dead relatives, now in some cemetery in St.
  • Louis.
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0 01b00ci gît02b02br
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00 It's French: Here reposes/lies. 02br
00 He may refer to dead relatives, now in some cemetery in St. Louis. 0-

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