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We remained with Cousin Desjardins all that day. Cousin Lise had our shirts washed, our clothes cleaned, and our shoes dried before the fire, after having first filled them with hot embers; and the next day we took our leave of these excellent people, thanking them from the bottom of our hearts.
We were very impatient to see our native place again, of which we had had no news for a month; and especially our poor wives, who must have supposed us lost.