Word: javrezac
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...story opens with a double funeral in the little French town of Javrezac. Mme Gerfaut has died in childbirth; Mme Devereux's longed-for infant son also. Because the two families are old friends and because one has a plethora of daughters, the other of sons. Mme Devereux becomes foster mother to little Philippe. Claude, youngest of the Devereux girls, and Philippe are brought up like brother & sister...
Philippe, tired of gallivanting about the world, came to spend a holiday near the farm. Claude was glad to have him there but they had little to say to each other but "Do you remember-?" When Claude went back to Javrezac to a family reunion, found herself the only undoubted poor relation, she returned to the farm convinced her life was an unhappy failure, but resigned to spending the rest of it as a disillusioned wife and overworked mother. One day she realized that she and Philippe were in love. But nothing came of it. Philippe went away, leaving Claude...
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