[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the
file for those who may wish to sample the author's ideas before making an
entire meal of them. D.W.]





THE INK STAIN BY RENE BAZIN
(Tache d'Encre)

By RENE BAZIN



BOOK 2.


CHAPTER VIII

JOY AND MADNESS

May 1st.

These four days have seemed as if they never would end--especially the
last. But now it wants only two minutes of noon. In two minutes, if
Lampron is not late--

Rat-a-tat-tat!