...piercing whistles; while at the slightest breath of wind a cloud of plaster would fly up and descend on the neighbouring roofs like a fall of snow. The Baudus, in despair, watched this relentless dust penetrating everywhere, getting through the most closely fitting woodwork,...

...Ladies' Paradise is a good, although fictional, indication of a contemporary's reaction to this dust: "At the slightest gust of wind, clouds of plaster...would finish by killing them — empoisoned their existence."29 For the Baudus, who own a shop on a street where a department store has been built, the...

...construction in TV/? Ladies' Paradise is a fictional indication of a contemporary's reaction to the dust: At the slightest gust of wind, clouds of plaster flew about and covered the neighbouring roof's like a fall of snow. The Haudus in despair looked on at this implacable dust penetrating everywhere...