Ernest Pérochon

“ Boiseriot's evil words rang in her ears:
"You aren't so touchy with other people!"
Thanking Corbier, she rose quickly and put the baby back in his cradle.
The baby had fallen asleep again. Corbier had gone back to bed, and Madeleine sat up thinking,—ashamed of having been so careless, and quite upset by notions that had never troubled her before. She was not in love with Corbier. She could not have fallen in love with him so quickly! Like all girls of her age, she had had suitors. She had rejected several proposals ”