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Page 145
... Aigues - Mortes ( in Provençal this means ' Dead Waters ' ) stood on the edge of the lagoon fifteen kilometres from the sea shore . In Le - Grau - du - Roi the lagoon was spanned by an iron bridge with a decking- unique in the world of ...
... Aigues - Mortes ( in Provençal this means ' Dead Waters ' ) stood on the edge of the lagoon fifteen kilometres from the sea shore . In Le - Grau - du - Roi the lagoon was spanned by an iron bridge with a decking- unique in the world of ...
Page 146
... Aigues - Mortes by the evening . The monolithic pile of walls and towers rose up in the crepuscular sky . It rose straight out of the sandy plain . Dry grass rustled at its feet . Around it not a soul was to be seen not a man , not a ...
... Aigues - Mortes by the evening . The monolithic pile of walls and towers rose up in the crepuscular sky . It rose straight out of the sandy plain . Dry grass rustled at its feet . Around it not a soul was to be seen not a man , not a ...
Page 147
... Aigues - Mortes . The old woman kept nodding at us affectionately and pressed a handker- chief to her eyes to dry the tears . The impression was that the Frenchman's relatives , lost and then saved by some miracle , had now returned to ...
... Aigues - Mortes . The old woman kept nodding at us affectionately and pressed a handker- chief to her eyes to dry the tears . The impression was that the Frenchman's relatives , lost and then saved by some miracle , had now returned to ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
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