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The priest was gabbling the last verse of the psalm:
'Et ipse redimit Israel ex omnibus iniquitatibus ejus.'
He took the holy water sprinkler and shook it over the coffin, raising his voice as he said:
'Requiescat in pace.'
'Amen,' replied the two choristers.

Father Godard immediately launched into the De profundis clamavi ad te Domine, still in the same angry voice.

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It must be explained that in Rognes peasants who have thoroughly detested each other in their lifetimes do not fancy lying side by side when they are dead.

It was the same story everywhere, money and women, the kiss of death and the breath of life. It was not surprising if they were the source of all his troubles.

Then, slowly, he had started to tell the whole truth about the slut who was the cause of his misfortune: a whole string of randy males, with Tron bringing up the rear, together with all the details about him, so shameless and arrogant and lustful that everyone knew about it and everybody in the district used to say that the master must like his farm-hands' leftovers.

All at once, on the subject of the Macquerons and the imminent marriage of their daughter Berthe, young Couillet started laughing and cracking jokes about the old story of Not Got Any. They'd have to ask her husband next day: had she got any or not? They'd been discussing it for so long, it really was stupid.

The Briquets' boy had drawn number 13, no luck there! The Couillets' had drawn 206. he'd surely be safe!

These were things reserved for your kith and kin, ...