Ernest and Marguerite rushed into the summer-house and ran to the bed. Eugénie opened her eyes again and held out her hand to me, murmuring: “I have not seen my children.” Marguerite started to go out, but Eugénie motioned to her to stop. “No,” she faltered, “they are asleep, don’t wake them.” Then she too fell asleep, but never to wake again. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Le Cocu (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XVIII), by Charles Paul de Kock