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Chapter 20

           Ifoundpeasantswhoshelteredandfedmethatnextday.ThenextnightImarchedagain,overthefields,alwayswestward,acrosstheArtoistowardsBoulogne."Aweeklater,travelingalwayslikethis,liketheémigrésinthe1790’s,Iarrivedthere.Itwasfullofsoldiers,andofmilitarypolice,andIwasneardespair.Ofcourseitwasimpossibletoboardareturningtroop-shipwithoutpapers.Ithoughtofpresentingmyselfatthedocksandsayingthatmypockethadbeenpicked…butIlackedtheimpudencetocarryitoff.Thenonedayfatewaskindtome.Shegavemeanopportunitytopickpocketsmyself.ImetasoldierfromtheRifleBrigadewhowasverydrunk,andImadehimdrunker.Icaughttheleaveshipwhilehe,poorman,wasstillsnoringinaroomaboveanestaminetnearthestation."Andthenmyrealtroublesbegan.ButIhavetalkedenough."

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