After his fencing less, Edward finds himself in the vicinity of Les Halles, the great covered food market of central Paris. Outside its steel-and-glass structure, street vendors gathered in the open air as Gilbert depicts them here and as they still gather in the tree-shaded squares of smaller towns in France on market days.
NB: an inquisitive dog on the loose in the lower right-hand corner and two more cheerfully settled behind a stand.
NB: an inquisitive dog on the loose in the lower right-hand corner and two more cheerfully settled behind a stand.