Translations for toothpick in French
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With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack. Immediately he uttered a cry of surprise. The cigar had yielded under the pressure of his fingers. He examined it more closely, and quickly discovered something white between the leaves of tobacco. Delicately, with the aid of a pin, he withdrew a roll of very thin paper, scarcely larger than a toothpick. It was a letter. He unrolled it, and found these words, written in a feminine handwriting: | D’un geste machinal de fumeur, il le porta près de son oreille et le fit craquer. Et aussitôt une exclamation lui échappa. Le cigare avait molli sous la pression de ses doigts. Il l’examina avec plus d’attention et ne tarda pas à distinguer quelque chose de blanc entre les feuilles de tabac. Et délicatement, à l’aide d’une épingle, il attirait un rouleau de papier très fin, à peine gros comme un cure-dent. C’était un billet. Il le déroula et lut ces mots, d’une menue écriture de femme : |
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar, by Maurice Leblanc | Arsène Lupin gentleman-cambrioleur, de Maurice Leblanc |