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“Enlevez-le, enlevez-le,” the wo at him, and handed him the towel

Adam removed his shoes and socks, but the far until he took off his trousers, but she didn’t budge before he had finally removed his shirt and underclothes and wrapped the towel around his waist She stared at the large bandage on his shoulder but then quickly picked up everything except his blazer and took them over to the sink while he stood by the fire and dried himself

Adam hitched up the towel around his waist, as the farlass of uest and another for hi his fashionable new blazer over the back of the chair near the fire A delicious aro a thick slice of bacon, which she had cut fro in the smo

ky recess of the chimney

The farh in the air “Winston Churchill,” he toasted Adalass and then raised it dramatically

“Charles de Gaulle,” he said, and finished off the warm milk as if it had been his first pint at the local pub

The farlasses “Merci,” said Ada to the fare plate sizzling with eggs and bacon She nodded and handed Adaez”

“Merci, merci,” Adae loaf in front of him

Adaan to devour the freshly cooked food, which was the first ed since the dinner he’d ordered at Robin’s expense

Without warning the farmer suddenly rose froot up and shook it gratefully, only to be reminded how sore his shoulder still was

“Je droix travailler à la laiterie,” he explained

Ada as his host left the rooez”

When Ada except lick the plate—he took it over to the far a pot fro cup of hot coffee He sat back down and began to sip at it

Adam tapped his jacket pocket almost automatically to make sure the icon was still safely in place He pulled it out and studied Saint George and the Dragon He turned it over, hesitated, and then pressed the silver crown hard The icon split in half like a book, revealing two tiny hinges on the inside

He glanced up at the far out his socks Adam noticed his pants had already joined the trousers on the rack above the fire She re board froan to set it up, showing no interest in Adam’s discovery