share and share alike. This completed the reconciliation, and

Muffat, remorseful though he was, felt veritably relieved.

That very day, as Nana was dozing toward two in the afternoon, Zoe

made so bold as to knock at her bedroom door. The curtains were

drawn to, and a hot breath of wind kept blowing through a window

into the fresh twilight stillness within. During these last days

the young woman had been getting up and about again, but she was

still somewhat weak. She opened her eyes and asked: