At the same time a little reddish saliva wet his lips. He wanted to speak of the paper, that was still on the bar, in a pool of alcohol. They were his last words. Just as Jean came back, accompanied by the physician whom he had found sitting down to eat, and who still had his napkin mechanically clutched in his hand, his body shuddered. He had died.
Physicians have some consolations ready for all occasions.
The commissioner seized the sheet of paper that was on the counter. He didn't immediately read it. The physician was in cutaway. He shouted it. Lili began to cry.