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And More Steps.I feel as if I have left Clermont for ever. When I go back there it will be as a ghost, a ghost who plays the piano to allay the curiosity of the neighbours. The very first command I received from Colonel Gérard: No change to your routine. You’ll have to go to Clermont at least once a week so that your neighbours can see you and hear you. What about your concierge? “I trust her,” I said, “and pay her well”. The colonel did not seem to be reassured. (What I did not know yet was that I would arouse the curiosity of the Kommandantur.)
Flora comes with me and Nourse to the station, as my mother would have done, making sure that I haven’t forgotten my toothbrush and making me promise to be sensible “Now remember…You’ll have to be your own guardian angel” she says with emotio
