42/83 She was upset and enraged by it, the more so because Satin disappeared on the morning of the fourth day. She had, indeed, slipped away in her new dress, seized by a longing for air, full of sentimental regret for her old street existence. Nana had come near beating Francois for not throwing himself across the door through which Satin escaped. She did her best, however, to control herself, and talked of Satin as a dirty swine. |