The exodus –Elizabeth Blair Hales

On June 11th , a Tuesday morning I awoke early with a feeling of oppression. Opening my window I saw before me a terrible fog, greenish in colour. The sun was hid. The whole aspect uncanny. I hastened along to Sam and said something has gone wrong. With that the bell rang and Madeleine [Sam ‘s secretary] appeared calling out. It is 6 o'clock - the Germans are close to Versailles. I give you 20 minutes to prepare and get out of here.

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