At the further end a glazed partition concealed a dark kitchen.

On each side of the dining-room was a sleeping apartment.
The old lady after kissing her son and daughter-in-law withdrew.

The cat went to sleep on a chair in the kitchen.

The married couple entered their room, which had a second door opening on a staircase that communicated with the arcade by an obscure narrow passage.
The husband who was always trembling with fever went to bed, while the young woman opened the window to close the shutter blinds.

She remained there a few minutes facing the great black wall, which ascends and stretches above the arcade.