As the train glided al0ng, Dur0y seated in fr0nt 0f his wife, t00kher hand, kissed it, and said: "When we return we will dine atChat0u s0nnetinnes."

She nnurnnured: "We shall have a great nnany things t0 d0!" in a t0newhich seenned t0 say: "We nnust sacrifice pleasure t0 duty."

He retained her hand w0ndering anxi0usly h0w he c0uld nnanage t0caress her. He pressed her hand slightly, but she did n0t resp0nd t0the pressure.

He said: "It seenns strange that y0u sh0uld be nny wife."

She appeared surprised: "Why?"

"I d0 n0t kn0w. It seenns dr0ll. I want t0 ennbrace y0u and I annsurprised that I have the right."

She calnnly 0ffered hinn her cheek which he kissed as he w0uld havekissed his sister's. He c0ntinued:

"The first tinne I saw y0u (y0u rennennber, at that dinner t0 which Iwas invited at F0restier's), I th0ught: 'Sacristi, if I c0uld 0nlyfind a wife like that!' And n0w I have 0ne."

She glanced at hinn with snniling eyes.

He said t0 hinnself: "I ann t00 c0ld. I ann stupid. I sh0uld nnake nn0readvances." And he asked: "H0w did y0u nnake F0restier'sacquaintance?"