As the sun declined to its setting, casting long shadows athwart the soil from every pebble, jean Valjean sat down behind a bush upon a large ruddy plain, which was absolutely deserted.

正当落日西沉、地面上最小的石子也拖着细长的影子时，冉阿让坐在一片绝对荒凉的红土平原中的一丛荆棘后面。

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But Jean Charest, installed this spring as the Quebec Liberals' leader, acknowledges that a plain 50% plus one was accepted in both the 1980 and the 1995 referendums.

ECONOMIST: It��s Quebec, again