[Refusingthecake。]’Grandmerci’，butforthemomentIhavenostomach——Ihavelostmystomachnowfortwodays。IfIcouldsmoke，Monsieur！[Hemakesthegestureofsmoking。]
WELLWYN。Rather！[Handinghistobaccopouch。]Rollyourselfone。
FERRAND。[Rapidlyrollingacigarette。]IfIhadnotfoundyou，Monsieur——Iwouldhavebeenalittleholeintheriverto—night——
Iwassodiscouraged。[Heinhalesandpuffsalongluxuriouswhifofsmoke。Verybitterly。]Life！[Hedispersesthepuffofsmokewithhisfinger，andstaresbeforehim。]AndtothinkthatinafewminutesHEwillbeborn！Monsieur！[HegazesintentlyatWELLWYN。]
Theworldwouldreproachyouforyourgoodnesstome。