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It was so quiet that morning in Paris that the heels of my two companions and myself were loud on the deserted pavements. It was a city of shuttered shops, and barred windows, and deserted avenues.

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Philip Gibbs
Age: 84 †
Born: 1877
Born: May 1
Died: 1962
Died: March 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Sir Philip Gibbs
Philip Armand Hamilton Gibbs
Sir Philip Armand Hamilton Gibbs
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