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Varajou gave a shout of joy, and rising from his seat, he rushed at his brother-in-law, put his arms round him and waltzed him round the room, shouting: "Here is Padoie! Here is Padoie! Here is Padoie!" Then letting go of the tax collector he exclaimed as he looked him in the face: "Oh, oh, oh, you scamp, you scamp! You are out for a good time, too. Oh, you scamp! And my sister!
And then two gentlemen appeared in evening dress, and wearing the ribbon of an order. Padoie rushed up to them. "Oh, judge he is crazy, he is crazy. He was sent to us as a convalescent. You can see that he is crazy." Varajou was sitting up now, and not being able to understand it all, he guessed that he had committed some monstrous folly.
Froze! Froze! Twelve. Ha! Wasn't I right?" Varajou ordered: "A demi-tasse and a small decanter of brandy, the best." Then he sat down and waited for it. He was accustomed to spending his evenings off duty with his companions, amid noise and the smoke of pipes. This silence, this quiet, exasperated him. He began to drink; first the coffee, then the brandy, and asked for another decanter.
From the moment you pay, without anyone seeing or knowing you, no one can get you into trouble." The cure did not insist, and gave him absolution. Theodule Sabot did the work on the chancel, and goes to communion every month. Quartermaster Varajou had obtained a week's leave to go and visit his sister, Madame Padoie.
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