you see. I was furious; Madame might quite well have confided her

trouble to me. As it happened, Monsieur Georges was there, and he

helped me to lift her up, and directly a miscarriage was mentioned

he felt ill in his turn! Oh, it's true I've had the hump since

In fact, the house seemed utterly upset. All the servants were

galloping upstairs, downstairs and through the rooms. Georges had

passed the night on an armchair in the drawing room. It was he who

had announced the news to Madame's friends at that hour of the