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I answered her , `` heaven grant that I also may be able one of these days to become a peasant ! Heaven grant that one of these days I may be able , as you are at Lusance , to inhale the sweet fresh odour of the country , and live in some little house all hidden among trees ; and if this wish of mine be too ambitious on the part of an old man whose life is nearly closed , then I will only wish that my winding-sheet may be as sweetly scented with lavender as that linen you have on your arm . '' It was agreed that I should come to lunch the following morning . But I was positively forbidden to show myself at the house before midday . Jeanne , as she kissed me good-bye , begged me not to take her back to the school any more . We felt much affected at parting , and very anxious . I found Therese waiting for me on the landing , in such a condition of worry about me that it had made her furious .