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She then explained that she now felt no pain , but that it had suddenly seemed to her as if a heavy paving-stone were lying on her chest ; then this weight had melted away , leaving her better able to breathe . And , indeed , she was soon on her feet once more , and finished giving her views respecting the decoration of the gallery , in such wise that the others ended by feeling reassured , and the afternoon passed away joyously in the making of all sorts of splendid plans . Little was eaten at dinner , for they had done too much honor to the crawfish at noon . And at nine o'clock , as soon as Celeste arrived for Andree , the gathering broke up . Ambroise was returning to Paris that same evening . Blaise and Denis were to take the seven o'clock train the following morning . And Rose , after accompanying Madame Desvignes and her daughters to the road , called to them through the darkness : `` Au revoir , come back soon . ''