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Sandoz, silent, fell despair steal over him as he sat in front of that magnificent failure. But he saw Christine's eyes fixed upon him, and had sufficient strength of mind to say: 'Astounding! the woman, astounding! At that moment Claude came in, and on seeing his old chum he uttered a joyous exclamation and shook his hand vigorously.
Sandoz, seated on the sofa, and disturbed in the gay memories he was recalling, was at last obliged to lend ear to the tumult which reached him through the open doorway. 'You hear them? whispered Claude, with a dolorous smile; 'they are giving it me nicely! No, no, stay here, I won't let you stop them; I deserve it, since I have failed to succeed.
Thursdays similar one to another followed and followed on until the furthest stages of their lives. All of them were eternally together, all started at the self-same hour, and participated in the same triumph! Sandoz must have guessed the thought that kept Claude mute, for he said to him across the table, with his frank, youthful smile: 'Well, old man, here you are again!
She had a fixed stare in her eyes and spoke in a monotonous tone, and Sandoz felt frightened when he drew up to the bedside. The child's pale head seemed to have grown bigger still, so heavy that he could no longer support it. He lay perfectly still, and one might have thought he was dead, but for the heavy breathing coming from between his discoloured lips.
When Sandoz and his wife at last found themselves alone in the drawing-room, where the atmosphere now was stifling heated by the lights and heavy, as it were, with melancholy silence after all the outbursts of the quarrelling they looked at one another and let their arms fall, quite heart-rent by the unfortunate issue of their dinner party.
I left him in the antechamber, and mentioned the matter to his lordship, who returned me no answer. After passing with him the whole morning, I saw as I crossed the hall to go to dinner, poor Sandoz, who was fatigued to death with waiting. Thinking the governor had forgotten what I had said to him, I again spoke of the business before we sat down to table, but still received no answer.
'Dash it! at last exclaimed Sandoz, breaking the intense silence that hung upon the room. 'This position isn't at all easy; my wrist feels broken. Can I move for a moment? Claude let him stretch himself without answering.
At this there was a protest. Gagniere was a bore. Besides, he would turn up as soon as he smelt the soup. 'Let's be off, then, said Sandoz. 'There's a leg of mutton this evening, so let's try to be punctual. Each paid his score, and they all went out. Their departure threw the cafe into a state of emotion.
They both went down the quay, past the Tuileries, walking side by side in fraternal fashion. But at the Pont des Saints-Peres the painter stopped short. 'What, are you going to leave me? exclaimed Sandoz. 'Why, I thought you were going to dine with me? 'No, thanks; I've too bad a headache I'm going home to bed. And he obstinately clung to this excuse.
They broke up with faint detonations, and being damp with human mud, they refused to flame, and merely smoked with growing intensity. Large columns of the smoke rose into the pale sky, and were beaten down by the November wind, and torn into ruddy shreds, which flew across the low tombs of quite one half of the cemetery. Sandoz and Bongrand had looked at the scene without saying a word.
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