right and wrong

powerless to strive. When Nana returned she found him hidden

beneath the bedclothes; he was haggard; he had dug his nails into

his bosom, and his eyes stared upward as though in search of heaven.

And with that she started to weep again. Then they both embraced,

and their teeth chattered they knew not why, as the same imbecile

obsession over-mastered them. They had already passed a similar

night, but on this occasion the thing was utterly idiotic, as Nana

declared when she ceased to be frightened. She suspected something,