FROM THE REEDS, a voice says: And so the gardener killed the carp. The widow wished him to.
M. Pujol asks, How did you know?
A stone is sent splashing into the water. Madeleine says, This pond doesn't have any fish.
For the first time, M. Pujol notices this. No, he says, it doesn't.
Who is the carp? Madeleine asks.
Oh, M. Pujol says. No one. That story is only to say, I'm afraid of the widow.