Wie er in das Schlafzimmer trat, fiel sein Blick auf einen Rock Heloisens, der am Bette hing. Er lehnte sich gegen das Schreibpult und blieb da hocken, bis es dunkel wurde, in schmerzliche Träumereien versunken.
When all was over at the cemetery Charles went home. He found no one downstairs; he went up to the first floor to their room; say her dress still hanging at the foot of the alcove; then, leaning against the writing-table, he stayed until the evening, buried in a sorrowful reverie.