On the landing a sob escaped her; she turned and twice ejaculated: "Oh, but you've done us infinite harm! You've done us infinite harm!" That was all.

In her stupefaction Nana had sat down; she still wore her gloves and her hat.

The house once more lapsed into heavy silence; the carriage had driven away, and she sat motionless, not knowing what to do next, her head swimming after all she had gone through.

A quarter of an hour later Count Muffat found her thus, but at sight of him she relieved her feelings in an overflowing current of talk.

She told him all about the sad incident, repeated the same details twenty times over, picked up the bloodstained scissors in order to imitate Zizi's gesture when he stabbed himself.