“How can you ask me to not seek vengeance? He raped you, and he will pay. I swear to God, I shall have justice!”“There will be no justice for us... in Argentan!” Marguerite argued. “If you go there and accuse Le Gris, they will destroy you. What Le Gris did to me was horrible, but losing you would make it far worse. I cannot live without you.”Jean paced the room nervously. He was filled with a need to do damage to Le Gris and anyone else who stood in his way. He had suffered too many humiliations. ‘Jamie is it?’ Iheard him say, ‘are you sure I can't change your mind?’ I summoned upall my courage and looked up at him, expecting him to spot me as a manstraight away and start shouting. Instead, he smiled broadly andrepeated what he said. I took a deep breath, tilted my head and said as quietly as I could,‘Thanks, Shane, but I have a long day travelling tomorrow. Maybe someother time?’He nodded, ‘I hope you didn't mind me trying. Have a safe trip tomorrowJamie, and goodnight to all of. I took the gamble hoping that there might be a slave pen outside of the main house, but apparently not. I still had wild thoughts about saving a few of the captives as soon as possible, even if it made my entry this weekend much more dangerous.There were the usual video cameras and sensors everywhere. I soon regretted leaving the safety of the woods, after all a small bush suddenly growing in the middle of the tennis courts might look a bit suspicious. I made it up close to the side of the. The electricity came in from a line from the south that ran between the two mines. This electricity was totally unreliable, off sometimes days at a time. There was an ancient generator in one of the airport hangars for backup when the power was interrupted.It could have been from WW2 but I would bet it was a leftover from WW1. The voltage marked on the meter was 230 at 50 cycles meaning nothing of any consequence from the US would work. As small as it was, I wondered how it could power.
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