The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin

Category	Fiction
ISBN	9780141393520
Author	Georges Simenon
Publishing house	Penguin Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
Pages	160

In the darkness, the main room is as vast as a cathedral. A great empty space. Some warmth is still seeps from the radiators. Delfosse strikes a match. They stop a moment to catch their breath, and work out how far they have still to go. And suddenly the match falls to the ground, as Delfosse gives a sharp cry and rushes back towards the washroom door. In the dark, he loses his way, returns and bumps into Chabot.