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so funny , and she burst into uncontrollable laughter . ` Let us get a breath of air , ' she said at last . ` Yes , let 's take a stroll . We must start back at four o'clock ; so we have three hours before us . ' They went up the village of Bennecourt , whose yellow houses straggle along the river bank for about a couple of thousand yards . All the villagers were in the fields ; they only met three cows , led by a little girl . He , with an outstretched arm , told her all about the locality ; seemed to know whither he was going , and when they had reached the last house -- an old building , standing on the bank of the Seine , just opposite the slopes of Jeufosse -- turned round it , and entered a wood of oak trees .