32 people are at the feast, including all our guards and corporals. They go with us and with the thresher from house to house and eat with us. The local workers are boys and girls aged 7-12.
We drink much wine every day.
I exchanged my lire for francs at a ratio of 35:29.80, i.e. a charge of 15%.
Today we were divided; 10 men, the worse hell-raisers, left for the next village, thank God.
The day after tomorrow it will be 2 years that I have been on duty for the emperor—here with the thresher in the field.
I bought butter, bread, and anchovies. I will make coffee and have a nice Sunday. I will write letters to F. and A.M., and cards to F.T. and K. and K.
I received light pants, a shirt, and shoes with wooden soles. The tops are from old, leather military boots. The local people have a nasty habit—chewing tobacco and spitting it out.
August 26
Saturday. Surprise for us: we're not going to work. A doctor came to vaccinate us. This week we worked 3 days with the thresher and ate well; now we are at the castle, sawing timber.
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