Marleen climbs the steps of the Louis XIV staircase, the same one that pilgrims take to reach the Notre-Dame de Grâces sanctuary in Cotignac, in Haut-Var. The resident of Draguignan, who attends mass every month in this spiritual center, returns there for the first time since the flames seriously threatened the site surrounded by vegetation. She remains speechless. In front of her, the shrubs and other pines have charred tops. But the flames stopped their frenzied course at the door, in front of the building.
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