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with a kind gesture to Marguerite, assuring the old woman of her devotion.

Only a few weeks later the breach of the Maginot Line


on into a panic. Everywhere Ma aginot Line

u atl 1€ p? P their r belongings in a rush to abantos Werte

J & ck who came pouring in from th the cit a Pee ree es, The railroad stations were eked crowd re 4 § par ake’ ‘wheeling eacpoge aE tom threatened. a Ap vas. rim * * * Gertrud eginning of June. ude lay “2 ft was ue door neighbor had fled the city; eat eae r pet : nis wifes Madame Chantelle had gone acen i yeft © q Mortis had told her to remain. fcightoned the noise of the bombardment, the chil-

ould not fall asleep. Both of them climbed into

oe i ss bed. oth = hij owed from behind the night table,

eep blue. It shed only a dim and fitful

attract the eye than to give light, and the

ed in front of the window like a ghost

sheet gluttere = nd. The three were waiting for Anna; she

past one.

ng ve ering Mama Robert asked, ue nes-

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