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Il n'habitait pas une cabane mais une vraie maison en pierre où l'on voyait très bien comment son travail personnel avait rapiécé la ruine qu'il avait trouvé là à son arrivée.
He lived not in a cabin but in a real house of stone, from the looks of which it was clear that his own labor had restored the ruins he had found on his arrival.
Il n’habitait pas une cabane mais une vraie maison en pierre où l’on voyait très bien comment son travail personnel avait rapiécé la ruine qu’il avait trouvé là à son arrivée.
He lived not in a cabin but in a real house of stone, from the looks of which it was clear that his own labor had restored the ruins he had found on his arrival.
Il n’habitait pas une cabane mais une vraie maison en pierre où l’on voyait très bien comment son travail personnel avait rapiécé la ruine qu’il avait trouvée là à son arrivée.
He lived not in a cabin but in a real house of stone, from the looks of which it was clear that his own labor had restored the ruins he had found on his arrival.
C'était insolite dans ce pays dépouillé de tout. Il n'habitait pas une cabane mais une vraie maison en pierre où l'on voyait très bien comment son travail personnel avait rapiécé la ruine qu'il avait trouvée là à son arrivée.
He lived not in a cabin but in a real house of stone, from the looks of which it was clear that his own labor had restored the ruins he had found on his arrival.
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