THE THREE CITIES



LOURDES



BY

EMILE ZOLA

Volume 5.


TRANSLATED BY ERNEST A. VIZETELLY



THE FIFTH DAY



I

EGOTISM AND LOVE

AGAIN that night Pierre, at the Hotel of the Apparitions, was unable to
obtain a wink of sleep. After calling at the hospital to inquire after
Marie, who, since her return from the procession, had been soundly