Somehow we have missed a day. Never mind. Stage 12, from Bourg-de-Peage to Mende, was uneventful. At the end of the day Andy Schleck was still wearing the yellow jersey.
The following day, Stage 13, our friends set out to ride from Rodez to Revel, past yellow fields of sunflowers, along roads shaded by leafy plane trees.
Let us eavesdrop on Team Philosophe.
The VeloDrone: How pleasant this is.
Le Bon David: Yes, and easy too. If only every day were like this.
Jean Paul Sartre: Enjoy it while you can. We shall soon be in the Pyrenees.
Le Bon David: Surely not! Not today!
Jean Paul Sartre: No, not today. Haven't you looked at the maps?
The VeloDrone: He never looks at the maps.
Jean Paul Sartre: A privilege of stragglers!
Le Bon David: Hey!
This is unedifying. Let us join Diderot and the ladies, at the rear.
Diderot: Are you interested in reading, Belle et Bonne?
Belle et Bonne: Oh yes. I always have something on the go.
Simone de Beauvoir: Tell him what you've been reading, Belle.
Belle et Bonne: I've just read The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane.
Diderot: How did you find it?
Belle et Bonne: It was on the Classics shelf in the library.
Diderot: No, I mean, how did you like it?
Belle et Bonne: I thought it was extraordinary! I wished I had read it before.
Simone de Beauvoir: Before what?
Belle et Bonne: What is the matter with everyone today? Asking ambiguous questions...
Simone de Beauvoir: It was your statement that was ambiguous, dear, not my question.
Diderot: Ahem. I too have read The Red Badge of Courage.
Simone de Beauvoir: Oh! How did you find it?
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