Chapter 27 No.27

In the Rue d'Driere, the undertaker and his head apprentice were right merry. But why should they not be? People had to die, quoth the undertaker, and when dead they must be buried. Burying was a trade, and wherefore should not one-discreetly-be cheerful at one's trade? In undertaking there were many miles to trudge with coffins in a week, and the