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The Way of the Cross
They are selling things, and buying what is necessary, going everywhere.
But they arouse no curiosity, nor any special interest. No one questions them, nor exclaims at their misfortunes.
It's as if they had lived there for a century
And not arrived yesterday from some unknown place.
There proceeds:
—Assimilation.
The country as silently drinks in the river as the river comes silently to it.
See, over there on the right is a whole new settlement.
The little barracks are of newly cut wood.
That's the first relief point on this road.
A man is standing there in the uniform of a provincial watchman.
—Is it possible to look over the buildings?
