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Extrait: Chapitre 1 UN CONVOI DE REFUGIES Le 23 decembre 1914, Palmyre Boussuge et son ex-amie, Agathe Chevremont, la femme du veterinaire, se trouvaient parmi les dames notables de Bourg-en-Thimerais, dit aussi Bourg-en-Foret, convoquees par le maire, le docteur Chazey, pour recevoir un train de refugies du departement de l'Aisne, chasses par l'invasion. Ils arriverent dans la soiree transis, fourbus, poudreux, avec deux heures de retard. Le convoi se composait d'une douzaine de vieillards hebetes et depayses de toutes les manieres au milieu des meres et des enfants dont le flot les avait...