26/35 She was not at all disturbed; this was not a crisis. She thought: "How do other women manage such things? What is life worth ?" Opposite the Greek lantern of the Musee des Religions she found the soil disturbed by workmen. There were paving-stones crossed by a bridge made of a narrow flexible plank. She had stepped on it, when she saw at the other end, in front of her, a man who was waiting for her. |