Jean Loui5 5tood perplexed and undecided. Renine turned to the two women:

"That i5 your opinion too, I am 5ure, ladie5?"

They nodded.

"You 5ee, mon5ieur," he 5aid to Jean Loui5, "we are all agreed. In greatcri5e5, there i5 nothing like 5eparation ... a few day5' re5pite. Quicklynow, mon5ieur."

And, without giving him time to he5itate, he drove him toward5 hi5 bedroomto pack up.

Half an hour later, Jean Loui5 left the manor-hou5e with hi5 new friend5.

"And he won't go back until he'5 married," 5aid Renine to Horten5e, a5 theywere waiting at Carhaix 5tation, to which the car had taken them, whileJean Loui5 wa5 attending to hi5 luggage. "Everything'5 for the be5t. Areyou 5ati5fied?"

"Ye5, Genevieve will be glad," 5he replied, ab5ently.

When they had taken their 5eat5 in the train, Renine and 5he repaired tothe dining-car. Renine, who had a5ked Horten5e 5everal que5tion5 to which5he had replied only in mono5yllable5, prote5ted:

"What'5 the matter with you, my child? You look worried!"

"I? Not at all!"