Sublime

Great landed estates which have once been divided never come together again; for the small proprietor draws from his land a better revenue, in proportion, than the large owner does from his, and of course he sells it at a higher rate.

To the men of the machine, the end of the La Guardia administration, cleanest in the city’s history, meant only one thing: the twelve lean years were over. Now was the time for the fat. E finita la cuccagna! the Little Flower had promised—and he had kept his promise. But now he was gone. The party was on again.

Death really did not matter to him but life did, and therefore the sensation he felt when they gave their decision was not a feeling of fear but of nostalgia.

Bernis est las. Deux mois plus tôt, il montait vers Paris à la conquête de Geneviève. Il rentrait hier à la Compagnie, ayant mis de l’ordre dans sa défaite. Ces plaines, ces villes, ces lumières qui s’en vont, c’est bien lui qui les abandonne. Qui s’en dévêt. Dans une heure le phare de Tanger luira : Jacques Bernis, jusqu’au phare de Tanger, va se