12André Lebeau, candidate for a seat on the council, had decided to do a bit of campaigning on rue Malbec in the late afternoon, hoping to catch people on their way home from work. He had a stack of printed flyers with his photograph on them along with a few bullet points of what he intended to focus on once elected, such as environmental concerns and improved tourism.
At first there were few people on the street, and André passed the time having a long conversation with Madame Vargas, who told him about how her husband kept wandering away from home and had to be found and brought back by the gendarmes or helpful neighbors. She wanted to know what, if he were elected to the council, he proposed to do about this problem. Old Madame Gervais came by, carrying a few provisions she’d bought at
