May 6th. Three appointments—two probates and a divorce. He’d had about enough of this stupid way of earning a living. A shopkeeper could simply put up his shutters and take a day off. Any number of days. For politeness’ sake, he stuck up a little notice: Fermé pour cause de mobilisation, or any o...
‘Bodies don’t wander about all by themselves.’ The next morning, after the first sluggish moments of regaining consciousness, he was suddenly struck by a detail which had hitherto escaped him. He lay quite still, his features drawn, his brain in a whirl. Yet it was quite a simple little detail. M...