Bressant

Bressant looked down at the watch in his hand, and saw it marking the

hour at which a dark epoch in his life began. He knelt on one knee by

the basin of the fountain--but not to pray. Grasping in one hand the

guard-chain of his watch, he dashed the watch itself two or three times

against the stone basin-rim. When it was completely shattered, he tossed

it into the water, and then rose lightly to his feet.