Asperges

Meanwhile, during a three-course meal of cabillaud et asperges on the seventh floor, Jean-Michel Jarre tells me the time is right for her to lead the UN: “We need a woman,” he says.

At his feet is the sacred fountain of Castalia or Hippocrene, into the waters of which the other two Muses are sportively dipping "sprinklers" or asperges.

As for vegetables, whether cabbages, lettuces, des asperges, celery, watercresses, parsley, beans, peas, radishes, turnips, carrots, cauliflowers, and onions, a pennyworth would last a man a week.

The world premiere of Crabtree's "Asperges Me" closes Thursday's concert.

This rumour became an established fact when the Abb� Laroche was seen proceeding from the church upon the hill with asperges brush and a shell of holy water.