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Updated: May 11, 2025
And as Gervaise went down the stairs she was haunted by the strange look of resignation and courage in Lalie's eyes; it was an expression belonging to maturity and experience rather than to childhood. "Your husband is on the other side of the street," said Clemence as soon as she saw Gervaise; "he is as tipsy as possible!"
He, wretched creature, had kicked her mother to death and now, just as surely, murdered his daughter. Gervaise tried to keep back her tears. She held Lalie's hands, and as the bedclothes slipped away she rearranged them. In doing so she caught a glimpse of the poor little figure. The sight might have drawn tears from a stone.
The lash curled round Lalie's slender body; she fell to the floor, but he lashed her again and compelled her to rise. "This is a very good thing," he said coolly, "and saves my getting chilled on cold mornings. Yes, I can reach you in that corner and in that! Skip now! Skip!" A light foam was on his lips, and his suffused eyes were starting from their sockets.
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