Throughout the stadium's aisles a trampish flowerseller -- a traditional figure of carnivals -- was chased by a posse of Swiss guards.
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When I'd finally arrive at the square of the Louvre, the pickpockets would smile at me in greeting, while the flowerseller pushed a nosegay of bruised violets or tiny pink roses into my hands.