«Decoud, incorrigible in his scepticism, reflected, not cynically, but with general satisfaction, that this man was made incorruptible by his

Part Two, Chapter 7

Part Two, Chapter 5

«Martin Decoud, the dilettante in life, imagined himself to derive an artistic pleasure from watching the picturesque extreme of wrong-headedness

«Their comparative isolation, the precious sense of intimacy, the slight contact of their arms, affected him softly (…)»