God Speed the Night
“It justified his feeling that there was a connection between Belloir and René. He was more certain of it, aware of the little man’s struggle with his nerves. It was this that decided him to tackle René now, regretfully abandoning the opportunity to intercept madame and talk with her alone.
“You know her husband also, the stranger at Gaucher’s.”
René denied it. Actually, he was denying knowing that the man who had come into Gaucher’s was Belloir. Sitting on the stool behind his counter while Moi...ssac occupied the one easy chair in the studio, René said, “Why should the name Belloir mean anything to me? The man was looking for the harvesters. Didn’t Maman say herself that they used to gather in Michelet?”
“You forget, René: when we spoke about him, you said you thought the man might be Gestapo.”
“Would that have prevented him from looking for the harvesters? I should think the Gestapo might be very interested in a crowd like that. I’ve heard there’s a dwarf among them.MoreLess
“You know her husband also, the stranger at Gaucher’s.”
René denied it. Actually, he was denying knowing that the man who had come into Gaucher’s was Belloir. Sitting on the stool behind his counter while Moi...ssac occupied the one easy chair in the studio, René said, “Why should the name Belloir mean anything to me? The man was looking for the harvesters. Didn’t Maman say herself that they used to gather in Michelet?”
“You forget, René: when we spoke about him, you said you thought the man might be Gestapo.”
“Would that have prevented him from looking for the harvesters? I should think the Gestapo might be very interested in a crowd like that. I’ve heard there’s a dwarf among them.MoreLess
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