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When he reached the end of his questions he rose to examine the patient on her bed, but without turning round, and in such a way as still to keep his back to the light. As little by little the reflection of the setting sun faded, Balzajette proposed asking for a lamp: without replying too hastily, Saniel refused; it was useless, the daylight was sufficient.
Her eyes were on Saniel, placed beween her and the chimney with his back to the lamps, and she looked at him with a characteristic fixedness. Balzajette, who listened to himself, observed nothing; but Saniel, who knew what there was behind this glance, could not but be struck with it.
"The youth of my young 'confrere' astonishes you. It is his fault. Why the devil did he have his long hair and his light curled beard cut?" If Madame Dammauville had not released the lampshade, she would have seen Saniel turned pale and his lips quiver. "Mais voila!" continued Balzajette. "He made this sacrifice to his new functions; the student has disappeared before the professor."
Balzajette cut short this conversation, which was idle talk to him. "Good evening, dear Madame. I will see you tomorrow, but not in the morning, for I go to the country at six o'clock, and shall not return until noon." "Did you observe how I cut the conversation short?" Balzajette said, as they went down-stairs. "If you listen to women they will never let you go.
Saniel improved the opportunity to refer to his stupidity in frankly expressing his opinion on the solemn Balzajette. "It is probable," he said. "It is certain? Do you believe that during one year nothing has appeared in Madame Dammauville's disease that should demand new treatment? Do you think the solemn Balzajette is incapable of finding it all by himself?" "He is not so dull as you suppose."
I cannot imagine why she spoke to you of this assassinated man, can you?" "No." "I believe that this assassination has affected her brain to a certain point. In any case, it has given her a horror of this house." He continued thus without Saniel listening to what he said. On reaching the Rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs, Balzajette hailed a passing cab.
The diagnosis and the treatment were rapidly settled; Saniel proposed, Balzajette approved. The question of the movable stove was decided in two words: for the night a grate would be placed in the chimney; a fire of coal covered with damp coal-dust would keep the fire until morning. "Let us return," Balzajette said, who took the initiative and decided on all material things.
"You should understand," she said with a little more calmness for, since he permitted her to speak, she hoped to convince him "that I have done all I could to bring Madame Dammauville to the idea of calling, in consultation with Monsieur Balzajette, a doctor " "Which would be myself." "You or another; I have not mentioned any name.
They passed into the parlor, where they very quickly came to an amicable conclusion, for at everything that Saniel said Balzajette replied: "I am happy to see that you partake of my opinion. That is it. Truly, that is so!" And, besides, each had his reasons for hurrying Saniel, for fear of the lamps; Balzajette, uneasiness for his dinner.
Balzajette stopped; then his astonished eyes went from Madame Dammauville to Saniel, and front Saniel to Madame Dammauville. "Are you suffering?" he asked. "Not at all." What, then, was the matter? But it was seldom that he asked for an explanation of a thing that astonished him, preferring to divine and to explain it himself. "Ah! I understand it," he said with a satisfied smile.
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