It was during the early hours of the morning when Paul and Pierre entered their respective apartments.
They were thoroughly tired out, and tried to sleep, but the roar of the great city, like the roar of the ever-sounding sea, continued to break on their ears without a pause.
FOOTNOTES:
[7] An alkaloid is an organic crystalline substance containing nitrogen usually of vegetable origin. It is generally poisonous, and in most cases yields brilliant colours with certain reagents. (Author.)
RENÉE'S EXPERIENCE IN STORM AND SUNSHINE
The next afternoon about three o'clock, Payot called at the house of Villebois, to see his daughter.
"Well, my child, have you made up your mind yet?"