The result (cooked the following day by a Frenchman), was that even after 2 hours cooking they were a bit fluffety in the middle, suggestive of a lack of soakage. I also used coriander instead of parsley because I picked up the wrong bunch in the shop… All in all it was good, especially with the naughty mid-week lunchtime glass of rosé de Provence. I just need to practise my soaking.