:58:17
Weweretomeetatnoon
onthebanksof the LoIre.
:58:23
I was toleavewIth hIm.
:58:27
WhenIarrivedatnoon
onthebanksoftheLoire,
:58:32
hewasn'tquitedeadyet.
:58:34
Someone hadfiredonhim
fromagarden.
:58:39
I stayed by hIs body all thatday
:58:46
andall thefollowIng nIght.
:58:52
ThenextmornIng, they came
togethIm and puthIm Inatruck.
:58:59
Neverswas lIberatedthatnIght.
:59:06
Thecathedral bells rangand rang.
:59:15
Hegrewcold beneath me,
lIttleby lIttle.
:59:22
HetooksolongtodIe!.
:59:27
When?
:59:29
I don'tknowexactly.
:59:32
I was lying ontopofhIm.
:59:39
ThemomentofhIsdeath
actually escaped me,
:59:45
becauseat thatmoment
andevenafterwards-
:59:52
yes, I canevensay afterwards-
:59:55
I couldn't find
theslIghtestdIfference
:59:58
between hIsdead body and my own.