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The men went over the tiles to reconnoitre. From my post against the dormer window through which we had climbed, I examined the four points of the horizon. "Help cannot fail to arrive," I said, bravely. "The people of Saintin have boats; they will come this way. Look over there! Isn't that a lantern on the water?" But no one answered me.
Then, nothing, nothing, a black pit, oblivion. Why am I still here? They tell me that people from Saintin came toward six o'clock, with boats, and that they found me lying on a chimney, unconscious. The water was cruel not to have carried me away to be with those who were dear to me. All the others are gone!
The people of Saintin, who owned boats, must have been surprised before us. Gaspard continued to wander over the Roof. Suddenly he called us. "Look!" he said. "Help me hold me tight!" He had a pole and he was watching an enormous black object that was gently drifting toward the house. It was the roof of a shed, made of strong boards, and that was floating like a raft.
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