“Pelisson did not prosecute him?”
“Oh, no! all that did Pantin a lot of good.”
“If I had been Toto, I would have made him fight.”
“Thank goodness we were saved from that! A duel between Toto and De Nani was the only thing wanted to cap the business and kill everyone outright.”
“Kill them?”
“With laughter.”
“And about Garnier?”
“Ah, Garnier—he only wanted one thing before he met Célestin.”
“What was that?”
“Célestin—she has made him. Célestin is not dead; she will never die so long as men have eyes and Garnier’s pictures exist. She might have lived with Toto and produced little Totos; she lives instead with Garnier, and through him will live forever.”