“In that case, it’s a bargain.”
“You swear?”
“Is there any need of swearing between us? Get your yellow boys ready for to-morrow.”
“Until then avoid showing yourself in the village.”
“Never fear; I will keep out of sight in some wine-shop, at a little distance. It will soon be dark; to-morrow morning will soon be here.”
“I may rely on you?”
“Of course, as it’s a bargain. Adieu!”
XXV
THE DOG
It was seven o’clock in the morning; the sky was clear and the weather superb. In the country it is a keen delight to enjoy a lovely morning; nature has more attractions, more charms; the grass is fresher, the foliage a deeper green; the flowers exhale a sweeter perfume; although one may justifiably be lazy in the city, it is a great fault when one lives amid the fields.
Honorine and Agathe loved to enjoy the awakening of nature; they were always in their garden at seven o’clock. And now that so great a change had taken place in their position, now that the future appeared so sunny and happy, they had too many things to say to each other to pass their time in sleep.