Monsieur Pamplemousse Stands Firm

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According to the Director of Le Guide, France's premier gastronomic companion, it is high time his inspectors moved with the times and opened their ranks to the fairer sex. And who better to oversee their initiation than Monsieur Pamplemousse?However, when the Director, normally a model of rectitude, hints that on no account must the trainee be allowed to make the grade, Monsieur Pamplemousse is suitably outraged. His indignation lasts only until he hears her name. The Director is right. The lady in question is known to be utterly unscrupulous in the use of her considerable physical charms and her permanent engagement would cause unrest among the other inspectors, not to mention unhappiness amongst their wives.But there are other problems. Having blackmailed the Director into taking her on, why is she so insistent on staying at the Hôtel des Dunes; an out-of-the-way establishment in the Gironde, unremarked even by the Camping Club of France, let alone by...