ne cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

“One might fancy that day, the London day, was just beginning. Like a woman who …”

“Night had come—night that she loved of all times, night in which the reflection…”

“Nobody sees any one as he is, let alone an elderly lady sitting opposite a stra…”

“To let oneself be carried on passively is unthinkable.”