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A few ropes of onions, a few peas and beans in a basket, were all her provisions. She con- cealed. nothing; and whenever a Prussian came in to ask for anything she feigned deafness and answered nothing. Her misery, h«r broken windows, her dilapidated walls and the little cupboard left wide open, soon induced these greedy gluttons to go some- where else, supposing there was nothing for them there. This*«poor woman had observed our wretched plight; she had invited us in, asking us where we were f...rom, and we had told her of our misfortunes, She herself had told us that there remained a few bundles of hay in the loft and that we might take them, as she had no need for them; the Germans having eaten her cow. 214 STORY OF THE PLEBISCITE We climbed up there to sleep by night and drew up the ladder after us, listening to the rain plashing on the roof and running off the tiles. George had but ten sous left and I had nothing, when, on the third day, as we were lying in the hay- loft, about two in the morning, the bugle sounded.
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