"There is an eternity of difference, Fille, between the sister and brother and the husband and wife.

The sacredness of isolation is the thing which holds the brother and sister together.
The familiarity of--but never mind what it is that so often forces husband and wife apart.

It is there, and it breaks out in rebellion as it did with the wife of Jean Jacques Barbille.

As she was a strong woman in her way, it spoiled her life, and his too when it broke out." M.Fille's face lighted with memory and feeling.

"Ah, a woman of powerful emotions, monsieur, that is so! I think I never told you, but at the last, in my office, when she went, she struck George Masson in the face.