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without us knowing about it. (At 5: the French borders had closed). [[left pointing arrow]] 
At 5o'c the French borders had closed, & Gibralter closed until Italy later came out as neutral. We had gotten in on the nick of time & our decision had been right. Etretat is the top in a fashionable resort - tennis-casino-swimming-wonderful sea beach & hotel right on it. Everything except the beach was closed up - nights are black - & all these smart people sit around drinking & waiting to escape. Poyo & I were given a lovely room & balcony on the sea with great cliffs reaching around the little bay on our left & right. I dressed up like an American Flag - & we went down to dinner. 

The set up is like Grand Hotel only better. This amazing group of incongruous people all thrown together in the smartest of resorts - stripped of all its glamour, & reduced to the [[strikethrough]] Fa [[/strikethrough]] bare fact of being thrown entirely on ones own resources & judgement in getting home. If one continued with