Physical and nervous activity is one of
the forms which shattered force takes. I expect that your 'M'sieu' Jean
Jacques' has been busier this last year than ever before in his life.
He'd have to be; for a man who has as many irons in the fire as he has,
must keep running from bellows to bellows when misfortune starts to damp
him down."
The Clerk of the Court sighed. He realized the significance of what his
visitor was saying. Ever Since Zoe had gone, Jean Jacques had been for
ever on the move, for ever making hay on which the sun did not shine.
Jean Jacques' face these days was lined and changeful. It looked unstable
and tired--as though disturbing forces were working up to the surface out
of control. The brown eyes, too, were far more restless than they had
ever been since the Antoine was wrecked, and their owner returned with
Carmen to the Manor Cartier. But the new restlessness of the eyes was
different from the old. That was a mobility impelled by an active,
inquisitive soul, trying to observe what was going on in the world, and
to make sure that its possessor was being seen by the world. This
activity was that of a mind essentially concerned to find how many ways
it could see for escape from a maze of things; while his vanity was
taking new forms. It was always anxious to discover if the world was
trying to know how he was taking the blows of fate and fortune.
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