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As Boniface the postman left the post office he discovered that his round that day would not take as long as usual, and felt a sharp pleasure in the knowledge. His task was the rural delivery outside the town of Vireville, and when he returned at night, with long weary strides, his legs had often more than forty kilometres behind them.
So his delivery would be quickly done! He could even loiter a little on the way and get home by about three in the afternoon. What luck!