"That's right; it'll teach him!"

And she lay down again and blew forth a thin jet of smoke, as though

she had no interest in present events and were resolved not to

meddle in any of them. No, it was all too silly!

Zoe, however, introduced Muffat into the bedroom, where a scent of

ether lingered amid warm, heavy silence, scarce broken by the dull

roll of occasional carriages in the Avenue de Villiers. Nana,

looking very white on her pillow, was lying awake with wide-open,