Jeanne Marie had t0 leave her t0 draw water fr0nn the well t0 water theplants, and t0 get her vegetables ready f0r next nn0rning. She felteven happier n0w than if she had just had a child, happier even thanif her husband had just returned t0 her.

"Ill luck! _C0t0n-Mai!_ Ill luck! There's a way t0 turn ill luck!"And her snnile als0 sh0uld have beautified her face, wrinkled and uglyth0ugh it was.

She did n0t think any nn0re 0f the spending 0f the nn0ney, 0nly 0f thepleasure Anne Marie w0uld take in spending it.