Solitude in France

The ____________________ to Bénivay - ____________________ leads to ____________________ else . It ____________________ up the ____________________ along the ____________________ of the shallow Ayguemarse ____________________ , between craggy limestone ____________________ and emerald - green ____________________ , to a ____________________ of ____________________ souls . In ____________________ the ____________________ are ____________________ and the ____________________ air is infused with the ____________________ of wild ____________________ . In ____________________ morning dew ____________________ on the ____________________ , and Mediterranean ____________________ gleam ____________________ in the watery ____________________ . The ____________________ boasts no ____________________ , no shop , no ____________________ office , no ____________________ . Nobody passes ____________________ it by chance or even ____________________ . A visiting ____________________ arrives up the road to celebrate ____________________ at the church just twice a ____________________ . Once through the ____________________ , the road twists ____________________ to a ____________________ over the ____________________ , and thenceforth turns into a dirt ____________________ that disappears into the ____________________ . Perched improbably on a sheer - edged ____________________ , accessible only by ____________________ , the tiny 13th - century stone chapel of Saint ____________________ watches over the ____________________ like a ____________________ . On a bright June ____________________ , Daniel Charrasse is to be found outside the ____________________ , or town ____________________ . Aged ____________________ , a slight figure with thinning silver ____________________ , he is a retired apricot farmer who was born down the ____________________ and grew up in the ____________________ . He is now the ____________________ , a role treated ____________________ more as an ____________________ than a ____________________ . At the most recent municipal ____________________ , 39 voters dropped his name into the ____________________ ____________________ . That was ____________________ of those ____________________ . For much of the post - war ____________________ , Monsieur Charrasse's father ____________________ , who also grew ____________________ in the ____________________ , was ____________________ . And in the ____________________ so was Germain's ____________________ , ____________________ . Tradition and loss are baked into the ____________________ in this isolated ____________________ of ____________________ , which lies in the ____________________ of ____________________ between the ____________________ of the ____________________ and the Mediterranean ____________________ . Five years before the first world war broke ____________________ , Monsieur Charrasse's great - grandfather ____________________ , born in the village in ____________________ , died , leaving his ____________________ to run the ____________________ with their four ____________________ . When ____________________ declared war on ____________________ , all four ____________________ were sent from the ____________________ and olive ____________________ of the Ayguemarse valley to the ____________________ and ____________________ of the ____________________ , nearly 1 , 000km ( 621 miles ) ____________________ . ____________________ , their second son , never made it ____________________ . Paul was ____________________ on the ____________________ in the ____________________ mountains in August ____________________ , during the first bloody weeks of ____________________ . He was one of ____________________ villagers who lost their ____________________ , their names ____________________ in stone on the ____________________ next to the town ____________________ . Albert , Daniel's ____________________ , and his two other brothers , Elie and ____________________ , all returned home to the ____________________ , married and settled ____________________ . Albert's ____________________ card shows a ____________________ young man with neat ____________________ , in a wool jacket and ____________________ . Today their ____________________ lie in Charrasse family ____________________ in the square walled ____________________ , a ____________________ spot up on the ____________________ , lined by ____________________ trees .