The meteorite

On the 14th of February 1931, when he heard above him the thud of the famous meteorite which was destined to strike this bathroom, Oskar Serti had the feeling that he was going to be its victim.
Surrendering, his last thought was for Catherine de Sélys, whom he had bastardly abandoned five years earlier.
The sudden reminder, at this fatal moment, of his deplorable behaviour vis à vis the poor Catherine, rekindled in him such a sentiment of disgust, that a violent jolt of self-repulsion ran through him and miraculously whisked him away from the danger.