You set off to see an old friend in a nearby town. You need a break, and it's been some time since the two of you have had a chance to meet.
Specifically, your friend is:
Despite the distance, you've stayed in touch with Thibaud for one reason in particular:
It may not be popular nowadays to admit to your religious leanings in public, but when you're with Thibaud, you can relax and be yourself.
The rough road stretches out for miles under clear blue sky. The landscape is still dotted with the evidence of the early Revolutionary fervor, slogans of hope and democracy painted on the side of many structures: "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"; "The Third Estate is the People"; "Unified and Indivisible."
Nearly everyone you meet on the road is wearing a Revolutionary cockade or Phrygian cap. The cockade is a bundle of cloth—blue, white, and red—tied together in a circle. They dot the caps, hairpins, blouses, and dress coats of all you pass. The cap is a simple, soft cloth cap, supposedly an old Roman design worn by freed slaves, that hangs down around one's ears with a high point on the top. Usually red in color, it is said to indicate one's equality with all others.
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