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Three weeks have glided by; another day and Jean will be obliged to leave with his regiment for the artillery practice. He will lead the life of a soldier. Ten days' march on the highroad going and returning, and ten days in the camp at Cercottes in the forest of Orleans. The regiment will return to Souvigny on the 10th of August.
Jean is no longer tranquil; Jean is no longer happy. He sees approach with impatience, and at the same time with terror, the moment of his departure. With impatience -- for he suffers an absolute martyrdom, he longs to escape from it; with terror -- for to pass twenty days without seeing her, without speaking to her, without her in a word -- what will become of him? Her! It is Bettina; he adores her!