But it was only fair all the same! He was a fool with women, and this would teach him a lesson! Nevertheless, pity overcame her.

She did not get rid of him as she had determined to do after the oysters had been discussed.

They scarcely stayed a quarter of an hour in the Cafe Anglais, and together they went into the house in the Boulevard Haussmann.

It was then eleven.
Before midnight she would have easily have discovered some means of getting rid of him kindly.
In the anteroom, however, she took the precaution of giving Zoe an order.

"You'll look out for him, and you'll tell him not to make a noise if the other man's still with me." "But where shall I put him, madame ?" "Keep him in the kitchen.