This is a remarkable book, based on taped interviews with many of the former porteurs de valises.
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The drunken fellow starts back; he stumbles against avalise.
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The song "lavalise" is an enumeration of what she puts in her luggage, and there will be a new version in every album!
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But then he starts getting reports about a strange drifter carrying a blackvalise.
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With a kick he sends thevaliseinto the air, where it assumes the form of a demon, whom the fellow tries to catch.
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Valisemeans small piece of luggage.
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