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This is an interesting story, and since I speak French, I would like to help. The French lines should read...

in chapter 1:

"Psst, monsieur, qu'est-ce que vous faites?"
"Monsieur, êtes vous bien?"
"Parlez-vous français, monsieur?"

(The 'vous' conjugation should be used here instead of 'tu' because they don't know each other. 'Tu' would be overly familiar/rude)

in chapter 5:

"N'arrête pas, Cesar. N'arrête pas."

(I think somebody already said this. Negatives in French bracket the verb they modify (ne [v] pas). Unlike before, 'tu' form is appropriate here, given the, er... circumstances. But 'tu' in the imperative tense loses its final s.)

"Oh, mon cher"

("cher" is the masculine form of "chère", pronounced the same, but spelled differently)

I wasn't sure that I would enjoy this fic the way that I had your first Man Who Cried fic, but the combination of so few fics on this film and the talent you displayed in writing the first story led me to read it anyway. I'm glad that I did. The reason that I approached it with trepidation is because of the OC character. I don't like OCs or Mary Sues or whatever the heck they're called. In my experience, they usually mean trouble in the form of a poorly developed character, or worse the author is inserting herself in the story to fullfill her wish fantasy with the male lead. I didn't feel either of those to be the case with Sabine. She was a fully developed and interesting character. I felt this most when you described her experience with her former husband. You also threw in a nice bit of history in the fic. At first, I just wanted to see Cesar sheltered and protected from the occupying Nazis, but as the fic wore on, I begin to think that he and Sabine should begin a relationship. The one thing I don't like about the film is the uncertainty of Cesar's future. Logic says he got carted off to one of the death camps or worse. I HATE even contemplating that scenario, and now, I don't have to do it. Now when I watch the film, I will envision Sabine hiding him out until the war is over. Highlights from this fic are Cesar dealing with the loss of his family and his horse (sniffle), Cesar refusing to steal food for fear of becoming exactly what most people already thought him to be...a thief, and finally, his initial refusal to make love to Sabine for fear of her regreting it (Yeah, like that's gonna happen) and then, later giving into his desires. The consummation of their relationship was sexy, sweet, and amusing all at once. I wonder if I can persuade you to write a 3rd Man Who Cried fic where Cesar meets up with Suzie at war's end. Either way, I enjoyed both fics that you did right. Thank you!!!!

That was supposed to be "write" not "right". Sorry!!!! I HATE spelling mistakes, and I do my darndest to avoid them.

"Ne pas arrêter, Cesar, ne pas arrêter" should be N'arrête pas, Cesar, n'arrêter pas

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

beautiful!

I just read all the chapters and I love it. You have no idea how much I love the movie, it's one of my favorites. I've been looking for fics based on it for ages and I'm so happy now when I found this story.