However, when his cool reflections returned, he plainly perceived that his case was neither mended nor altered by Sophia's billet.
17 June 1940: Prime Minister Pétain requests armistice. Germans use the Foucaults’ holiday home as officers’ billet. Foucault steals firewood for school from collaborationist militia. Foucault does well at school, but messes up his summer exams in 1940.