Excerpt from Selected Stories, Vol. 4: The Legacy, the Rondoli Family, Allouma, Marrocca, Chali, the Wicked Mohammed, a Ghost, Old Amable, a State Affair, Two Little Soldiers, Mademoiselle Fifi Etc
It was not yet ten o"clock, yet the employees were flowing in like waves through the great gate of the Ministry of the Marine, coming in haste from every corner of Paris, for the first of the year was approaching, a time for renewed zeal - and for promotions. The noise of hurrying footsteps filled the great building, which was as tortuous as a labyrinth, and was honeycombed with inextricable passages, pierced by the innumerable doors of the various departments.
Each one entered his room, shook hands with his colleagues, threw off his coat, put on his office jacket, and seated himself at a table whereon was a pile of papers. Then they went for news into the neighboring bureaus. They asked whether their chief had arrived, whether he was in a pleasant humor, and whether the mail was heavy.
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