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... works. They often assert that nothing (or at most very little) connects William “Martin meanwhile,seemed to be a rather feckless young man, most interested in engaging in swordsplay and acrobatics with the other village youth. It seems that he was also feeling too much pressure from his family responsibilities, or possibly he was just desirous of seeing more to the world.”(Knappman,(S. Bowman)1997,p7) “He had said that he spend the past years living in Spain and serving in the army of the king of France. He appeared somewhat shorter and stockier than the man who had vanished some eight years before, and he did not speak any Basque. Both these discrepancies were explained away as simply due to the passage of years. Furthermore, he seemed to recognize his family and his neighbors and to know all kinds of details about their shared pasts. His sisters were the first to accept him. And most important of all, Berttrande took him back into her home and bed as her husband.”(Knappman,(S. Bowman)1997,p7) “In the end, though, they were convinced when they saw how the members of the Guerre family instantly accepted the newcomer as the true Martin. The final blow came when Berrande was brought from her cell and, upon seeing the newcomer, broke down, embraced him, and asked for his forgiveness. The real Martin Guerre was not, however, quite so willing to forgive, and he scolded Berrande for ...