The Incredible Heavens
M. Héristal’s income was far from great, but it was constant and it permitted him to live comfortably in the coach-house of Number One Avenue de Marigny; to attend carefully selected plays, concerts, and ballet; to belong to a good social club and three learned societies; to purchase books as he needed them; and to peer as a respected amateur at the incredible heavens over the Eight Arrondissement of Paris.