Comment by phtrivier

I was waiting for the moment when the author finds occasion to reciprocate, but then he explicitly says he does not thing he would do this.

That's brutally honest, but really, isn't the lesson from his whole trip that either :

- yes, he would reciprocate, because that's human nature, and it is why the "miracle" keep happening

- no, he would not reciprocate, and how can he not be ashamed of that, or his upbringing, or his society, etc... ? And what is different in the life's of the people who did help him ?

"Elle est a toi cette chanson, toi l'auvergnat qui sans façon..."