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La mare au diable

by George Sand (1804-1876)

An English version is available: The Devil’s Pool.

Sur l’avis de son beau-père, malgré sa réticence, le laboureur Germain, veuf de vingt-huit ans, va se rendre à Fourche pour rencontrer celle qui deviendra peut-être la nouvelle mère de ces trois petits enfants, la fille du père Léonard, jeune veuve elle aussi.
Apprenant ce déplacement, la mère Guillette demande qu’il emmène avec lui sa fille, Marie, qui s’en va travailler comme bergère dans la région.
En cours de route, la nuit tombe. Le brouillard se lève et les voilà perdus, dans les bois, au bord d’une mare…

His father-in-law insisting upon it, Germain goes to Fourche to meet a young widow who might become the new mother of his three children.
Doing so, he accompanies Marie, a young girl from his village, who is going to work on a farm in that area.
As the night comes, they get lost in a wood, next to a pool…

(Summary by Ezwa)

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