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ed Erize la Petite, they set up their cots together in the same corner of the old brokendown barn they were given for a canton-ment. Without further argument, Duvessa doggedly startedorganizing the care of the wounded. “Thisstrange-looking pattern,” he said. Then her arms and legs wriggled about and she started crying.

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