As to you two, you will be together, so you will not be dull." The young man would never have consented to inhabit such a den, had he not relied on the comfort of his office.

He said to himself that he would be warm all day at his administration, and that, at night, he would go to bed early.
For a whole week, the shop and lodging remained in disorder.

Therese had seated herself behind the counter from the first day, and she did not move from that place.

Madame Raquin was astonished at this depressed attitude.

She had thought that the young woman would try to adorn her habitation.