041) look-out for him; but really it never appeared to matter to him if he got back or not.

I don't believe he minded where he was as long as he could ponder over things all alone.
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_Adam and Eve at Peronne._] The small towns and villages in this part of the country, behind the old fighting line of 1916, were, for the most part, dirty and usually uninteresting; but once clear of them the plains of Picardy had much charm and beauty, great, undulating, rolling plains, cut into large chequers made by the different crops.

When a hill became too steep to work on, it was cut into terraces, like one sees in many of the vineyards in the South; these often have great decorative charm.

A fair country--I remember Joffroy sometimes used the word "graceful" regarding different views in those parts, and the word gives the impression well.
There is a beautiful valley on the left, as one goes from Amiens to Albert: one looked down into it from the road, a patchwork of greens, browns, greys and yellows.