![]() ![]() Then he realises it is almost 600 years to the day since the villagers disappeared. To pass the time, he explores the mountains. Worse still, his car will take several days to repair and he has to stay at the boarding house for a few days more. When Freddie wakes the following morning, Marie has gone. The villagers took refuge in a cave, but when the fighting was over, no one came back. She tells how, one terrible night in March 1328, all the inhabitants of Axat were forced to flee from the soldiers into the mountains. As the storm rages outside, she explains how the region was ripped apart by wars of religion in the 14th century. There he meets another guest in the tiny hotel, a pale and beautiful young woman called Marie. He is forced to seek shelter in a boarding house in the nearby village of Axat. He is caught in a violent storm and his car crashes. Freddie Smith is on a motoring holiday in the mountains of south west France. A QUICK READ – part of the WORLD BOOK DAY 2009 literacy initiative for emergent readers. ![]()
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