r. The next time that she moaned out,Lang, "He is dead! Dead!" I would embrace her and murmer softly so as not to startle her: "No, my darling, I was onlyzed that she was drawing nearer. She examined me, touched me and,Brandon Mashinter Tröjor, turning to Marguerite, murmured compassionately: "Poor girl! Poor girl!"
My wife, wearied out,Mark Messier Tröjor, was sobbing like a child. Mme Gabin lifted her, placed her in a dilapidated armchair near the fireplace and proceeded to comfort her.
"Indeed, you'll do yourself harm if you go on like this, my dear. It's no reason because your husband is gone that you should kill yourself with weeping. Sure enough, when I lost Gabin I was just like you. I remained three days without swallowing a morsel of food. But that didn't help me--on the contrary, it pulled me down. Come, for the Lord's sake, be sensible!"
By degrees Marguerite grew calmer; she was exhausted, and it was only at intervals that she gave way to a fresh flow of tears. Meanwhile the old woman had taken possession of the room with a sort of rough authority.
"Don't worry yourself,Canada Goose Lodge Down Hoody Jackor," she said as she bustled about. "Neighbors must help each other. Luckily Dede has just gone to take the work home. Ah,Moncler Polo Skjorte, I see your trunks are not yet all unpacked, but I suppose there is some linen in the chest of drawers, isn't there?"
I heard her pull a drawer open; she must have taken out a napkin which she spread on the little table at the bedside. She then struck a match, which made me think that she was lighting one of the candles on the mantelpiece and placing it near me as a religious rite. I could follow her movements in the room and divine all her actions.
"Poor gentleman," she muttered. "Luckily I heard you sobbing, poor dear!" Suddenly the vague light which my left eye had detected vanished. Mme Gabin had just closed my eyelids, but I had not felt her finger on my face. When I understood this I felt chilled.
The door had opened again, and Dede, the child of ten,Justin Peters Tröjor, now rushed in, calling out in her shrill voice: "Mother, Mother! Ah, I knew you would be here! Look here, there's the money--three francs and four sous. I took back three dozen lamp shades."
"Hush, hush! Hold your tongue," vainly repeated the mother, who, as the little girl chattered on,Sami Vatanen Tröjor, must have pointed to the bed, for I guessed that the child felt perplexed and was backing toward the door.
"Is the gentleman asleep?" she whispered.
"Yes, yes--go and play,Kris Letang Tröjor," said Mme Gabin.
But the child did not go. She was,Milan Lucic Tröjor, no doubt, staring at me with widely opened eyes, startled and vaguely comprehending. Suddenly she seemed convulsed with terror and ran out,Ralph Lauren Strip Polo, upsetting a chair.
"He is dead, Mother; he is dead!" she gasped.
Profound silence followed. Marguerite,Connor McDavid Tröjor, lying back in the armchair, had left off crying. Mme Gabin was still rummaging about the room and talking under her breath.
"Children know everything nowadays. Look at that girl,Wayne Gretzky Tröjor. Heaven knows how carefully she's brought up! When I send her on an errand or take the shades back I calculate the time to a minute so that she can't loiter a
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