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This accomplished , he thanked Schwab and Brunner , and earnestly begged M. Leopold Hannequin to protect Schmucke 's interests . The demands made upon him by last night 's scene with La Cibot , and this final settlement of his worldly affairs , left him so faint and exhausted that Schmucke begged Schwab to go for the Abbe Duplanty ; it was Pons ' great desire to take the Sacrament , and Schmucke could not bring himself to leave his friend . La Cibot , sitting at the foot of her husband 's bed , gave not so much as a thought to Schmucke 's breakfast -- for that matter had been forbidden to return ; but the morning 's events , the sight of Pons ' heroic resignation in the death agony , so oppressed Schmucke 's heart that he was not conscious of hunger . Towards two o'clock , however , as nothing had been seen of the old German , La Cibot sent Remonencq 's sister to see whether Schmucke wanted anything ; prompted not so much by interest as by curiosity . The Abbe Duplanty had just heard the old musician 's dying confession , and the administration of the sacrament of extreme unction was disturbed by repeated ringing of the door-bell . Pons , in his terror of robbery , had made Schmucke promise solemnly to admit no one into the house ; so Schmucke did not stir . Again and again Mlle. Remonencq pulled the cord , and finally went downstairs in alarm to tell La Cibot that Schmucke would not open the door ; Fraisier made a note of this .