Indeed, whenever Andree and the children absented themselves,
Ambroise still kept a good cook to minister to his needs, for he held the
cuisine of restaurants in horror.
"Well, for my part," said Denis, "I go to a restaurant for my meals; for
since Marthe and all the others have been at Dieppe, I have virtually
shut up the house."
"You are a wise man, you see," Ambroise answered, with quiet frankness.
"For my part, as you are aware, I am an enjoyer. Now, make haste and
drink your coffee, and we will start."
They reached Janville by the two o'clock train. Their plan was to repair
to Chantebled in the first instance, in order that Ambroise and Denis
might begin by talking to Gervais, who was of a gentler nature than
Gregoire, and with whom they thought they might devise some means of
conciliation. Then they intended to betake themselves to the mill,
lecture Gregoire, and impose on him such peace conditions as they might
have agreed upon. As they drew nearer and nearer to the farm, however,
the difficulties of their undertaking appeared to them, and seemed to
increase in magnitude. An arrangement would not be arrived at so easily
as they had at first imagined.
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