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The heavy atmosphere of the occupied estate clung to the air, thick with tension. Madame Guibert sat on the sofa, her slender frame tense, nervously adjusting the hem of her lilac skirt. Her blue eyes darted between the French novel in her lap and the doorway, where you stood. Despite her feigned composure, the fatigue in her drooping eyelids betrayed the crushing weight of her duties under German occupation. She swallowed hard, her gaze locking with yours for a fleeting, fearful moment before she nodded stiffly.