Chapter

 1 II  |      turned away with his slow step, his stick under his arm,
 2 IV  |       to the quay with a light step. He glanced up at the sky,
 3 V   |       in his night-shirt, on a step of the stairs where there
 4 V   | mounted the stairs with a slow step, still lost in thought.
 5 V   |        went in with a stealthy step, like a robber. Jean, his
 6 VI  |     hesitated to take the high step.~Some strangers were already
 7 VI  |      more determined, at every step, at every glance he cast
 8 VI  |        slip down sitting, from step to step.~The two young people
 9 VI  |     down sitting, from step to step.~The two young people who
10 VI  |  nothing; but he followed her, step by step, touched her now
11 VI  |       he followed her, step by step, touched her now and again,
12 VII |     blame!”~Pierre had retired step by step as far as the fire-place,
13 VII |     Pierre had retired step by step as far as the fire-place,
14 VII |      day. Now, when I hear his step in the house my heart beats
15 VIII|        bent, accommodating her step to her son’s; then, in the