Quickly, blindly, she ran down the corridor.

At the very end she met Hugh with a glass of water in his hand.
"What is the matter, Adrien?
Have you seen a ghost ?" he cried in an anxious voice.
She caught the glass from his hand and began to drink, at first greedily, then more slowly.
"Ah!" she said, drawing a deep breath.

"That is good.

Do you know, I was almost overcome.

The air of that room is quite deadly.