Christophe Bonin has just explained that Ferdinand Cheval did not cheat his employer by working on his “Ideal Palace” during working hours. Anne-Sophie sums things up by asking if we can say that he was a good civil servant.

Oui, on peut dire… : Do you hear the on? Mister Bonin says oui and then bends the vowel to move into the on sound.

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