Then he dressed, and quietly repaired to his office, where he related the accident in an affected tone of voice.

When his colleagues had read the account in the newspapers, he became quite a hero.

During a whole week the clerks at the Orleans Railway had no other subject of conversation: they were all proud that one of their staff should have been drowned.

Grivet never ceased his remarks on the imprudence of adventuring into the middle of the Seine, when it was so easy to watch the running water from the bridges.
Laurent retained a feeling of intense uneasiness.

The decease of Camille had not been formally proved.