3/17 Presently we shall have damp weather." "You speak with singular conviction." "In my time I have made very few mistakes. You will recollect that. I was wrong to say that this affair does not concern me. I'm interested to see the end." "But will there be an end ?" impatiently. "If I were certain of that! But seven years, and still no sign." "Monsieur, he is to be feared; this inactivity, to my mind, proves it. |