spent/ And with this J6us6 must perforce be con-
tented.
As for Marie she accepted it all thankfully, not
daring to question, for le tout petit Loup could once
again have his jellies and bouillon, jit was never safe
to talk of good luck; better light many candles to
one's patron saint and leave the rest to God's under-
standing.
But Jan did not share Marie's superstitions, and he
openly rejoiced: 'Christophe you grow fat; your face
is becoming as round as the moon!3 Then all of a
sudden he hugged his cousin. And because his mind
was so greatly relieved Jan prayed with renewed
enthusiasm — he had started the Thirty Days Prayer
for Kahn lest he fail in this new role of benefactor.
Even the cross-grained Eusebe accepted Kahn as a
necessary evil, that was when he thought about him
at all, for just lately his thoughts had become occupied
by another and far more interesting person. ^Eliana,
his granddaughter, occupied his thoughts, for now
at long last he was forced to concede the claim which
the years pressed so heavily on him —that lustful
black eye had been growing dim, and he trembled,
remembering old Mathilde who he knew had been
threatened with total blindness. He would often
come wandering over to Marie and work on a pair
of sandals in her kitchen, adjusting the soles and the
thongs by feel, since his sight was sometimes too
blurred to see them. And while he did this he must
talk and talk about his own youth and his only
daughter who, like Germaine, had borne a posthu-
mous child, but who had given her life in the process.
'Valavalisco,' Eusebe would growl, as he spat on
his fingers and coaxed the leather, 'there are things
in this world that one cannot forget — the things that
one does not wish to remember. Very old she became
in those terrible hours, and the doctor nothing less
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