The trial of the Cooper and his accomplices was a small affair, and had not attracted many listeners, for these
smuggling and coining cases were apt to be dull. As a matter of fact, there would not have been a soul present,
if the accused had not had the most popular of counsels to defend them—Maître Henri Robart! Fandor joined a
group who were on familiar terms evidently, and, although he had not seen her for many a day, he at once
recognised Mother Toulouche by her remarkable appearance and grotesque get up. He had had so many other
irons in the fire, that he had not followed this smuggling case at all closely: he was surprised, therefore, to see
Mother Toulouche in the little passage adjoining the court, for he had the impression that the old receiver of
stolen goods had been under lock and key for some weeks.... She was now being interviewed by one of his
colleagues. Fandor went up to them. Though she had not been accused of anything so far, the old storekeeper
was vehemently protesting her innocence. "Yes," she declared to her interviewer, "it is abominable, when such
things are discovered all of a sudden!" Mother Toulouche went on to explain that on Clock Quay she rented a
small shop for the sale of curiosities: that she was an honest woman, who had never wronged a soul by as much
as a farthing: all she asked was to be left in peace to earn a decent living, so that she could retire from business
some day or other.... Everyone had a right to ask as much as that!... Her store consisted of two rooms and an
underground cellar, in which she had put a quantity of old odds and ends, when she had moved to her present
abode.... She never descended to this cellar, never at all: she was far too much afraid of rats to venture down
there! Not she! But, one day, if you please, when she was quietly engaged in mending some old clothes, the
police had suddenly burst into her store!... And they had accused her of receiving smuggled goods and false
money, and she didn't know what more besides!...
1.BUSTA NU JAM “Oh”
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smuggling and coining cases were apt to be dull. As a matter of fact, there would not have been a soul present,
if the accused had not had the most popular of counsels to defend them—Maître Henri Robart! Fandor joined a
group who were on familiar terms evidently, and, although he had not seen her for many a day, he at once
recognised Mother Toulouche by her remarkable appearance and grotesque get up. He had had so many other
irons in the fire, that he had not followed this smuggling case at all closely: he was surprised, therefore, to see
Mother Toulouche in the little passage adjoining the court, for he had the impression that the old receiver of
stolen goods had been under lock and key for some weeks.... She was now being interviewed by one of his
colleagues. Fandor went up to them. Though she had not been accused of anything so far, the old storekeeper
was vehemently protesting her innocence. "Yes," she declared to her interviewer, "it is abominable, when such
things are discovered all of a sudden!" Mother Toulouche went on to explain that on Clock Quay she rented a
small shop for the sale of curiosities: that she was an honest woman, who had never wronged a soul by as much
as a farthing: all she asked was to be left in peace to earn a decent living, so that she could retire from business
some day or other.... Everyone had a right to ask as much as that!... Her store consisted of two rooms and an
underground cellar, in which she had put a quantity of old odds and ends, when she had moved to her present
abode.... She never descended to this cellar, never at all: she was far too much afraid of rats to venture down
there! Not she! But, one day, if you please, when she was quietly engaged in mending some old clothes, the
police had suddenly burst into her store!... And they had accused her of receiving smuggled goods and false
money, and she didn't know what more besides!...
1.BUSTA NU JAM “Oh”
FANTOMAS RECORDS “BOOTY BASS FROM DA BARRIO”
http://soundcloud.com/fantomas-records
http://www.discodistribution.com
https://www.beatport.com/artist/busta-nu-jam/842820
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