pavement, innumerable hats apparently drifting on their surface. At

that hour the popular fever was gaining ground rapidly, and people

were flinging themselves in the wake of the bands of men in blouses.

A constant forward movement seemed to sweep the roadway, and the cry

kept recurring; obstinately, abruptly, there rang from thousands of

"A BERLIN! A BERLIN! A BERLIN!"

The room on the fourth floor upstairs cost twelve francs a day,

since Rose had wanted something decent and yet not luxurious, for