"I looked up and there was my wife Nenette and Antonie D, an old friend,leaning out of the window.Paula , Dega's wife and his friend , Antonie Gilletti , were at another window of the house.Dega spotted them too, and we walked with our eyes riveted to the windows as long as we could.I never saw my wife again , nor my friend Antonie who died later in the bombing of Marseilles.No one spoke, the silence was complete.Neither prisoners , guards or public broke in on this poignant moment,everyone understood that these eight hundred men were leaving normal life forever."
Date read - 12th nov 15 - 18th nov 15
Book Name - Papillon
Author - Henri Charriere
Chapter - Departure for the Bagne , Pg 45
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