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chocolate, bread and butter, tea, and café-
au-lait. ¶ At 0930hrs, we catch sight of a
German reconnaissance patrol entering
Rosières, now, officially occupied territory.
We no longer require shelter. ¶ Before we
take leave of the Grandoeurys to return to
Anny’s, the sisters invite us for leftover
civet de lapin. The splendidly prepared
rabbit stew is one of their specialties. ¶...
“I wish I could let you into the tunnel
where your great-parents hid,” explained
the owner. “But it is filled with water.”
Prosper’s journal entry is the only one
which includes the name of a specific dish,
in this case un civet de lapin, a rabbit stew,
which I have reproduced in my book, Bitter
Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom
Recipes from Occupied France.
I felt wrapped in an imaginary historical
blanket. My emotions reached their peak
when our host announced. “I have some‐
thing else to show you. No one has seen
this before. Not even M. le maire.” He led us
behind the house, up a grass-lined hillock,
and lifted the cover to a dried up well.
“This was another hiding place, but the

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