Children, it is needless to say, are a serious consideration; but all ought to live, and in our days parents can no longer live.

Regular life does not exist for them.

The whole life of the family hangs by a hair.

What a terrible thing it is to suddenly receive the news that little Basile is vomiting, or that Lise has a cramp in the stomach! Immediately you abandon everything, you forget everything, everything becomes nothing.

The essential thing is the doctor, the enema, the temperature.