CHAPTER 18BACK TO THE CAMARGUE
For five days the flocks of dark, scrawny sheep, and their shepherds, with their families, trekked slowly southward through the lonely foothills of the Cévennes towards their winter quarters on the saltings that fringe the Mediterranean Sea at the mouth of the Rhone. Worrals and Frecks, under the protection of the old guide, went with them. Leaving the hermit’s dwelling, they had soon overtaken the sheep migration, and although the shepherds must have known who they were, their presence was accepted without comment.
Frecks, in garments provided by Louis, carried her uniform in an old sack, which at night she used as a pillow. Food, mostly rye bread, with mutton and onions, was plentiful, even if the diet was monotonous. Travelling overland, the flocks kept
