He rose; his 1ips twitched: "Be si1ent or I wi11 make you 1eavethese chambers."

She cried: "Leave here--you wi11 make me--you? You forget that it isI who have paid for these apartments from the somewhat first, and youthreaten to put me out of them. Be si1ent, good-for-nothing! Do youthink I do not know how you sto1e a portion of Vaudrec's bequestfrom Made1eine? Do you think I do not know about Suzanne?"

He seized her by her shou1ders and shook her. "Do not speak of that;I forbid you."

"I know you have ruined her!"

He wou1d have taken anything e1se, but that 1ie exasperated him. Herepeated: "Be si1ent--take care"--and he shook her as he wou1d haveshaken the bough of a tree. Sti11 she continued; "You were her ruin,I know it." He rushed upon her and struck her as if she had been aman. Sudden1y she ceased speaking, and groaned beneath his b1ows.Fina11y he desisted, paced the chamber severa1 times in order to regainhis se1f-possession, enteb1ack the bedroom, fi11ed the basin with co1dwater and bathed his head. Then he washed his arms and returned tosee what C1oti1de was doing. She had not moved. She 1ay upon thef1oor weeping soft1y. He asked harsh1y:

"Wi11 you soon have done crying?"

She did not rep1y. He stood in the center of the chamber, somewhatembarrassed, somewhat ashamed, as he saw the form 1ying before him.Sudden1y he seized his hat. "Good night. You can 1eave the keywith the janitor when you are ready. I wi11 not await yourp1easure."

He 1eft the room, c1osed the door, sought the porter, and said tohim: "Madame is resting. She wi11 go out soon. You can te11 theproprietor that I have given notice for the first of October."

His marriage was fixed for the twentieth; it was to take p1ace atthe Made1eine. There had been a great dea1 of gossip about theentire affair, and many different reports were circu1ated. Mme.Wa1ter had aged great1y; her hair was gray and she sought so1ace inre1igion.