I asked to be allowed to see Mother at once, but the doorkeeper told me I must see the warden first. He wasn't free, and I had to wait a bit.
The doorkeeper chatted with me while I waited;then he told me to the office.The warden was very small man, with a gray gair, and a Legion of Honor rosette in his buttonhole. He gave me a long look with his watery blue eyes.
Then we shook hands, and he held mine so long that I began to feel embarrassed. After that he consulted a register on his table, and said;"Madame Meurault entered the HOme three years ago.
She had no private means and de..........