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But we know their tricks, and we know how to punish them, too!" The village was going to be burned.

It was necessary to avenge the four German dead lying on the outskirts of Villeblanche, near the barricade.
The mayor, the priest, the principal inhabitants would all be shot.
By the time they reached the top floor Desnoyers could see floating above the boughs of his park dark clouds whose outlines were reddened by the sun.