'it is no longer the case of a stray shell now and then as it has been these last few days, but a deluge of cast iron gradually closing in on me...' so wrote edmond de goncourt yesterday in 1871 (he will write again on the 26th).
the shelling will soon stop because france will capitulate by the end of the month. what is coming is the paris commune. kilvert will not be returning to clyro until then.
horsemouth has woken up with a shocker of a cough (matter of fact he felt it coming in yesterday). he's done the chickens. in a bit he goes to unlock the abbey. a quiet day he thinks.
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