united by one the four children, ha...

united by one the four children, having climbed the awkward stair, appear in early light, clothed who knows in what manner on the deck of HM Tremendous. united after the other, they yawn; then they extend out their arms. Up and on the outside go their arms, as if they were sending telegrams at semaphore.

The amaranthine dawn of the Adriatic welcomes the children, their names are imprinted upon the salt air: Achille, Letitia, Lucien, Louise. Their father is hiding in a cave behind Toulon; a farmer get tos crunching up the mountain trail to the opening of the cave: I have a place for you in my chicken house,