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"O father, it will be nothing. I am cold, and I imagine that it is " "What, Gerande?" "The presence of that man, who always follows us," she replied in a low tone. Master Zacharius turned towards the little old man. "Faith, he goes well," said he, with a satisfied air, "for it is just four o'clock. Fear nothing, my child; it is not a man, it is a clock!" Gerande looked at her father in terror.
Master Zacharius shuddered, and read in a loud voice: "Yes!" he cried, "there is nothing but science in this world!" The hands slipped over the face of the clock with the hiss of a serpent, and the pendulum beat with accelerated strokes. Master Zacharius no longer spoke. He had fallen to the floor, his throat rattled, and from his oppressed bosom came only these half-broken words: "Life science!"
Why should I live longer, now that I have dispersed my existence over the earth? For I, Master, Zacharius, am really the creator of all the watches that I have fashioned! It is a part of my very soul that I have shut up in each of these cases of iron, silver, or gold! Every time that one of these accursed watches stops, I feel my heart cease beating, for I have regulated them with its pulsations!"
But I will prove victoriously to thee, Aubert, that I am right! Do not shake thy head, for thou wilt be astounded. The day on which thou understandest how to listen to and comprehend me, thou wilt see that I have discovered the secrets of existence, the secrets of the mysterious union of the soul with the body!" As he spoke thus, Master Zacharius appeared superb in his vanity.
Master Zacharius suffered acutely; he could not remain still, but went from one clock to the other, and beat the time to them, like a conductor who no longer has control over his musicians. When the last had ceased striking, the door of the shop opened, and Master Zacharius shuddered from head to foot to see before him the little old man, who looked fixedly at him and said,
"This watch loses, and I cannot succeed in regulating it," said one. "This," said another, "is absolutely obstinate, and stands still, as did Joshua's sun." "If it is true," said most of them, "that your health has an influence on that of your watches, Master Zacharius, get well as soon as possible."
After hearing what Aubert told her, the malady of Master Zacharius took fantastic proportions in her mind; and it seemed to her as if his existence, so dear to her, having become purely mechanical, no longer moved on its worn-out pivots without effort. Suddenly the pent-house shutter, shaken by the squall, struck against the window of the room.
The heads of the various corporations sought to distinguish themselves by the novelty or the perfection of their productions; and it was among these that the condition of Master Zacharius excited the most lively, because most interested, commiseration. His rivals pitied him the more willingly because they feared him the less.
I know he has had no appetite, because his words stick in his inside, and it would take a very clever devil to drag even one out of him." "My father has some secret cause of trouble, that I cannot even guess," replied Gerande, as a sad anxiety spread over her face. "Mademoiselle, don't let such sadness fill your heart. You know the strange habits of Master Zacharius.
If God has created eternity, Master Zacharius has created time!" The old watchmaker now resembled the fallen angel, defiant in the presence of the Creator. The little old man gazed at him, and even seemed to breathe into him this impious transport. "Well said, master," he replied. "Beelzebub had less right than you to compare himself with God! Your glory must not perish!
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