At this price alone, would he consent to sleep with the corpse of the drowned man.
One evening, he announced to Madame Raquin and his wife that he had sent in his resignation, and would quit his office at the end of a fortnight.
Therese gave a gesture of anxiety.

He hastened to add that he intended taking a small studio where he would go on with his painting.

He spoke at length about the annoyance of his employment, and the broad horizons that Art opened to him.

Now that he had a few sous and could make a bid for success, he wished to see whether he was not capable of great achievements.
The speech he made on this subject simply concealed a ferocious desire to resume his former studio life.

Therese sat with pinched lips without replying; she had no idea of allowing Laurent to squander the small fortune that assured her liberty.