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One morning Abbé Bourrette made his appearance, his face betokening the greatest distress. As soon as he caught sight of Marthe on the steps, he hurried up to her and, seizing her hands and pressing them, he stammered:
'Poor Compan! it is all over with him! he is dying! I am going upstairs, I must see Faujas at once.'