17/34 She would introduce you to her brother-in-law, who has come back. There is no one else in the house at this moment, not a single visitor. She insisted strongly on this point, and I remember her last words--she was there, on the threshold of the door: "'There will be only five of us,' she said, 'you and Monsieur Jean, my sister, my brother-in-law, and myself.' "And then she added, laughing, 'Quite a family party.' "With these words she went, she almost ran away. Quite a family party! Do you know what I think, Jean? It was at the door of the castle. |