Thus you'll be in your home, and we in ours." A pause ensued.

At length the hatter murmured: "Ah, yes, in that manner perhaps we might.

And yet no, I should be too much in your way." He avoided looking at Gervaise.

But he was evidently waiting for a word from her before accepting.

She was very much annoyed at her husband's idea; not that the thought of seeing Lantier living with them wounded her feelings, or made her particularly uneasy, but she was wondering where she would be able to keep the dirty clothes.