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' should be beautified At the other otherend otherend end of h s cl Stop fItop fftop he bu It from fromnative fromnative fromnative native stone a structure that looks looksno looksno looksno no v 1 I ke Ice the ru n of a Norman cas castie castie castie tie A high wind wmd blew away most mostof mostof mostof of the cross a atop top v \ ha hat t looks lIke lIkethe likethe likethe the ruins rwns of a medle\ medle mediev medie\al medie al medleal \ al chapeL The Therest Therest Therest rest remains remallls as builtNo built 1,0 10 No ' , I ov v it is a village of more than than10 10 000 One thousand three 1 I undred undredof undredof undredof of the additional addltIonal populat on are Bel Belglan Belgran Belgian glan gran about 100 are French and the therest therest therest rest are British BntIsh evacueesBelg evacuees evaeuee evacueesBeig Beig Beg Belg ] an . ch e.h eh Idren ldren in this village are areb arebilingual arebilingual b bilingual mgual I * ' one stands in m the street streetto streetto streetto to listen to them one hears the thestlange thestiange thestiange stlange stiange business busmess of ch Idren in III the m ddle of a sentence begun begunin - I ) IIn , ) In Flemish and Sltchng switchng switch S\\ltch S ltch \ \ ng to Bng Eng Bngltsh English EngLsh ltsh lish in order to get the most tellmg telling tellmgphrase tellingphrase tellingphrase phrase phraseResent phraseResent Resent Foreicn Foreign TalkAtop TalkAtop Talk TalkAtop Atop the h 11 U there is a hotel of ofh ofh ofh h gh standards It is filled with peo peopIe peopie peopie pIe pIeho \ who \\ho ho \ have come here to escape escapethe escapethe escapethe the rigors of bombmg-they bombmg they bombing-they bombing bombing - they are rep- rep representat represental rep-rcsentat rep rcsentat - - resentat resental ve ye of the sort who populate populatese populateseveral populateseveral se\ se seeral several \ eral celebrated funk holes holesalong holesalong holesalong along the coast-and coast and coast - and they are se sesere sev sere \ ere in their att tude To them themIt themit themit It means noth ng that a large num numbel number number bel ber ' of Beig Belg ans and French have havebraved havebraved havebraved braved a 200 m Ie le crossmg crossing in small smallboats smallboats smallboats boats boatsIth \ with \\Ith Ith \ the r I ' wives and childrento eluldrento eluldren children to find a home in a land of their their1 theirI I 1 king kmg To them the vis tors from fromacross fromacross fromacross across the Channel are just lust ahens aliens ahensThey aliensThey aliensThey They resent their their " fore gn talkAs talkAs talk As far as the \ Milage Illage village government governmentis governmentI I IS concerned the Beig Belg ans and the theFrench theFrench theFrench French do not exist An AIl mqulrer inquirer mqulrerask inquirerask inquirerask ask ng about them is toldThey toldThey told toldThey They have ha\e ha e \ noth ng to do1th do \ with \\1th 1th \ us usThey usThey usThey They hav ha\ ha hat hae \ e a the r I ' bureau Go and andsee ands'ee andsee : s"ee see ' " themThe themThe them The Beig Belg ans do have a bureau to tolook tolook tolook look after their o 0 on \n n vn \ n people The TheI TheFrench TheFrench I French as yet have none The Free FreeFrench FreeFrench FreeFrench French are lacking lackmg the kind kmd of d p pIomat plomat plomat I Iomat lomat c recogmt recognit on that once grant granted granted granted ed \ would ould make such efforts pOSSII possible possi I | ble Meanwh Ie le the Belgian Belglan office officeis IS look ng out for the FI Fiench French ench enchI I |