First of all it was pretended that
the nurse whom I took the trouble to choose wasn't healthy. Well, then a
second nurse is engaged, and she gets drunk and stifles the child. And
now, I suppose, we are to have a third, some other vile creature who will
prey on us and drive us mad. No, no, it's too exasperating, I won't have
it."
Valentine, her fears now calmed, became aggressive. "What won't you have?
There is no sense in what you say. As we have a child we must have a
nurse. If I had spoken of nursing the little one myself you would have
told me I was a fool. You would have found the house more uninhabitable
than ever, if you had seen me with the child always in my arms. But I
won't nurse--I can't. As you say, we will take a third nurse; it's simple
enough, and we'll do so at once and risk it."
Seguin had abruptly halted in front of Andree, who, alarmed by the sight
of his stern dark figure began to cry. Blinded as he was by anger, he
perhaps failed to see her, even as he failed to see Gaston and Lucie, who
had hastened in at the noise of the dispute and stood near the door, full
of curiosity and fear. As nobody thought of sending them away they
remained there, and saw and heard everything.
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