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and discovered.  stirring some soup on the fire.  laying the cloth, etc.

PS . (Marie, isn't the soup boiling yet?) PS undefined (Not yet, Madam.) PS . (Well it ought to be. You haven't tended the fire properly, child.) PS undefined (But, Madam, you yourself made the fire up.) PS undefined (Don't answer me back like that. It is rude.) PS undefined (Yes, Madam.) PS undefined (Then don't let me have to rebuke you again.) PS undefined (No, Madam.) PS undefined (I wonder where my brother can be. It is after eleven o'clock (looking at the clock) and no sign of him. Marie!) PS undefined (Yes, Madam.)