He was conscious of a sudden feeling of respect in the presence of this dead man.

Placing his hands under the armpits, he dragged Chevalier with the minutest precautions into the room at the side.

Leaving him there, he hurried through the house in quest of Felicie, calling to her.
He found her in the bedroom, with her head buried under the bed-clothes of the unmade bed, crying: "Mamma! Mamma!" and repeating prayers.
"Don't stay here, Felicie." She went downstairs with him.

But, on reaching the hall, she said: "You know very well that we can't go out that way." He showed her out by the kitchen door..