I shall come up again.

Good evening." And she did not return.

On the morrow when the Coupeaus were sobered they fought together, reproaching each other with being the cause of Nana's flight.

Ah! she was far away if she were running still! As children are told of sparrows, her parents might set a pinch of salt on her tail, and then perhaps they would catch her.

It was a great blow, and crushed Gervaise, for despite the impairment of her faculties, she realized perfectly well that her daughter's misconduct lowered her still more; she was alone now, with no child to think about, able to let herself sink as low as she could fall.