Normandy Hospital

He did. Marie repeated her proposal and I said 'yes' before being smothered with kisses.

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A month later we were married in the wreck of Caen's cathedral in a service attended by most of the hospital's staff. Sam was my best man.

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Years later, I have never regretted it, nor my friendship with Sam who visits from time to time to see his godchildren. Sam had settled in England with a French nurse, and I had been his best man when he too married in Caen. The four of us, to the exasperation of our children, could sit around for hours remembering our time in Normandy, over French wine that I now bought legally, even if Sam is still the producer of items that should be rationed. Thanks to him, the two families eat well.

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