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Attainment
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Shecried:"Leavehere—youwillmakeme—you?YouforgetthatitisIwhohavepaidfortheseapartmentsfromtheveryfirst,andyouthreatentoputmeoutofthem.Besilent,good-for-nothing!DoyouthinkIdonotknowhowyoustoleaportionofVaudrec’sbequestfromMadeleine?DoyouthinkIdonotknowaboutSuzanne?"
Heseizedherbyhershouldersandshookher."Donotspeakofthat;Iforbidyou."
"Iknowyouhaveruinedher!"
Hewouldhavetakenanythingelse,butthatlieexasperatedhim.Herepeated:"Besilent—takecare"—andheshookherashewouldhaveshakentheboughofatree.Stillshecontinued;"Youwereherruin,Iknowit."Herusheduponherandstruckherasifshehadbeenaman.Suddenlysheceasedspeaking,andgroanedbeneathhisblows.Finallyhedesisted,pacedtheroomseveraltimesinordertoregainhisself-possession,enteredthebedroom,filledthebasinwithcoldwaterandbathedhishead.ThenhewashedhishandsandreturnedtoseewhatClotildewasdoing.Shehadnotmoved.Shelayuponthefloorweepingsoftly.Heaskedharshly:
"Willyousoonhavedonecrying?"
Shedidnotreply.Hestoodinthecenteroftheroom,somewhatembarrassed,somewhatashamed,ashesawtheformlyingbeforehim.Suddenlyheseizedhishat."Goodevening.Youcanleavethekeywiththejanitorwhenyouareready.Iwillnotawaityourpleasure.
