
[4104] But I did not go far.
[4105] For I soon stopped on the crest of a rise from
where I could survey, without fatigue, the camp-site and the surrounding
country.
[4106] And I made this curious observation, that the land from where I
was, and even the clouds in the sky, were so disposed as to lead the eyes
gently to the camp, as in a painting by an old master.
[4107] I made myself as
comfortable as possible.
[4108] I got rid of my various burdens and I ate a
whole tin of sardines and one apple.
[4109] I lay down flat on my stomach on my
son's coat.
[4110] And now I propped my elbows on the ground and my jaws between
my hands, which carried my eyes towards the horizon, and now I made a
little cushion of my two hands on the ground and laid my cheek upon it,
five minutes one, five minutes the other, all the while flat on my stomach.
[4111] I could have made myself a pillow of the bags, but I did not, it did not
occur to me.
[4112] The day passed tranquilly, without incident.
[4113] And the only
thing that relieved the monotony of this third day was a dog. When I first
saw him he was sniffing about the remains of my fire, then he went into
the copse.
[4114] But I did not see him come out again, either because my
attention was elsewhere, or because he went out the other side, having
simply as it were gone straight through it.
[4115] I mended my hat, that is to
say with the tin-opener I pierced a new hole beside the old one and made
fast the elastic again.
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